ONE of Australia's biggest mining giants says it has no intention of damaging ancient Quinkan rock art in Cape York, in an area where it wants to explore for minerals.

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Laura, about 330 kilometres from Cairns, is surrounded by more than 10,000 rock art sites. (Supplied: Griffith University)The Quinkan country rock art galleries depict a timeline of the land.

Rock art has been found in Indonesia dating to up to 50,000 years old, meaning the Cape York examples could easily be around that age, made by people who made their way south into the ancient ...