Rio Tinto plc results of voting at 2008 annual general meeting

The Annual General Meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 17 April 2008.

Under Rio Tinto's dual listed companies structure established in 1995, decisions on significant matters affecting shareholders of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited in similar ways are taken through a joint electoral procedure.

Resolutions 1 to 10 and 16 of the Rio Tinto plc annual general meeting fall into this category, and the results of the voting on these resolutions will be announced shortly after the Rio Tinto Limited annual general meeting which will be held in Australia on 24 April 2008.

The remaining resolutions 11 to 15 were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on a poll at the annual general meeting and the results as certified by the scrutineers, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows:

Resolutions	For	%	Against	%	Vote withheld
11. Approval of the use of e-communications for shareholder materials	625,836,411	99.91	533,922	0.09	649,615
12. Authority to allot relevant securities under Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985	620,178,335	99.01	6,231,152	0.99	623,899
13. Authority to allot equity securities for cash under Section 89 of the Companies Act 1985	624,464,785	99.68	2,032,298	0.32	536,303
14. Authority to purchase Rio Tinto plc shares by the Company or Rio Tinto Limited	626,562,454	99.97	180,230	0.03	290,705
15. Directors' conflicts of interests - amendment to the Company's Articles of Association	624,062,452	99.85	906,545	0.15	2,063,995

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed public company, and Rio Tinto Limited, which is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore. Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern Africa.

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Investor Relations, Australia

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Investor Relations, London

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Investor Relations, North America

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