"Probe finds Sandfire caused Aboriginal heritage damage due to process failures", 4 June 2024

Sandfire Resources said ... an external probe had found the miner damaged Aboriginal cultural heritage at a copper mine in Western Australia due to “ignorance and process failings”.

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“Sandfire’s failure to protect the artefact scatters and to quickly escalate the issue once identified is unacceptable,” Sandfire chair John Richards said in a statement.

A group of traditional owners, the Yugunga-Nya, said in a statement the report showed Sandfire’s then management, “just didn’t care about Aboriginal heritage”, while disputing the report’s conclusion that the damage was unintentional.

It also said it looked forward to collaborating with Sandfire’s new management team, led by Brendan Harris, to address heritage matters.

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