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Lawyers for a family owned company had put forward a proposition that sought to “stretch the language” of a 1969 agreement involving Lang Hancock.

Documents traversing decades of history and revealing deeply private correspondence between family members have been exhumed in the first two weeks of a high-stakes court case.

“I want to stand by [Hancock Prospecting and Gina Rinehart] and fight the Porteous camp,” John wrote. “I hope you will remember the effort I have put in, especially in turning the tide in the media against the Porteous camp.”

Descendants of the business partners of Gina Rinehart’s father want to claw back billions of dollars in iron ore royalties from her company Hancock Prospecting.

By Aaron Bunch in Perth for Australian Associated Press

Emails between Gina Rinehart's children about a legal bid against their mother have been read to a court case over billions of dollars in mining riches.

Email exchanges between Ms Rineharts children reveal further detail of the bitter internal family fight over mining royalties amassed by the Australias richest person.

A 40-year-old letter sent by mining pioneers Lang Hancock and Peter Wright revealed on Tuesday is the second letter to show Lang Hancock intended to share.

Private emails between some of Gina Rinehart’s children discussing extraordinary plans to mount a legal bid against their mother almost 20 years ago have been aired in the WA Supreme Court.

An ABC film crew was outside Woodside Energy boss Meg O'Neill's Perth mansion when Disrupt Burrup Hub held a protest.