Mining giant Rio Tinto’s annual report shows Michael L’Estrange, the board member tasked with investigating the company’s blasting of Western Australia’s Juukan Gorge last year, received a forty six per cent raise in director’s fees for heading the inquiry. Rio Tinto blasted the forty six thousand year old Juukan Gorge rock caves as part of a mining excavation project last year, prompting international outcry due to the site’s cultural significance to Indigenous Australians. Many are questioning the investigation’s impartiality, noting Mr L’Estrange’s position as a Rio Tinto board member and his ownership of shares in the company.