In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange the company confirmed move which followed the blowing up of 46,000-year-old caves in Western Australia
Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sébastien Jacques and two other senior executives are leaving the global miner after its board bowed to intense investor pressure for strong action over its decision to blow up 46,000-year-old rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara.
Rio Tinto said Jacques was leaving “by mutual agreement” with the board.
