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Rio Tinto's copper whopper is finally out in the open

It is a spectacular land grab even for a company the size of Rio Tinto.

The mining giant drills three holes in the Paterson Range in Western Australia in December 2017 and jumps the size of its footprint in the region from 1000 square kilometres to 12,000 square kilometre in less than 12 months.

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Brad Thompson was a reporter at The Australian Financial Review

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