THE SIMANDOU CONSPIRACY
Rio-Tinto had been granted a mining project in 1997 over the Simandou Blocks 1,2,3 & 4, but did no meaningful work on these assets. Therefore, in the summer of 2008, the Government of Guinea, required Rio Tinto to retrocede half of its exploration perimeter – Blocks 1 & 2 - in compliance with the mining code regulations.