Gina Rinehart iron ore companies to face trial over late accounts after ASIC investigation Gina Rinehart, whose companies will face trial next year over the late filing of accounts with the corporate regulator. THREE of billionaire Gina Rinehart's companies will go to trial next March over the late filing of financial accounts with the corporate regulator. The companies, all related to Mrs Rinehart's iron ore operations in the Pilbara, face 13 counts of breaching the Corporations Act, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission alleges. The maximum penalty for each count is a fine of $13,750. Hancock Prospecting, Hancock Minerals and Hope Downs Iron Ore failed to lodge their annual reports within four months of the end of their financial years, over a period between 2008 and 2012, according to ASIC. After several hearings in the Perth Magistrates Court since April, the matter has now been listed for trial on March 10, 2015. "We are considering our position on the case," a spokesman for Hancock Prospecting said. Originally published as Rinehart companies to face trial over accounts