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Fortescue Metals could face paying traditional owners millions of dollars in native title compensation claim

Fortescue Fortescue Metals Michael Woodley FMG Andrew Forrest Elizabeth Gaines Fortescue Metals Group Mining Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest James FitzGerald

Yindjibarndi traditional owners in the Pilbara have been asked to register for the compensation case against Fortescue Metals in the Federal Court. (Supplied: Fortescue Metals Group)

Yindjibarndi traditional owner Michael Woodley is gearing up for another battle in the fight to win royalty payments from mining giant Fortescue Metals Group, a business led by Australia's richest man, Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest.

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