Bond Issue priced

Rio Tinto PLC
13 June 2003


Bond Issue priced


On 12 June 2003 Rio Tinto priced $600m of SEC Registered US Dollar Global Bonds
due September 2008 with a coupon of 2.625%.  Rio Tinto expects to use the
proceeds from the issuance to repay outstanding commercial paper of Rio Tinto
Limited and its subsidiaries.

Rio Tinto is an international mining company and is rated Aa3 by Moodys
(Negative Outlook) and A+ by Standard & Poor's (Stable Outlook)

Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc. were Joint Bookrunning Managers for the transaction.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy the bonds. The offering of these securities is being made only by
means of a prospectus, copies of which may be obtained from:

Banc of America Securities LLC

9 West 57th Street

New York, New York 10019

[phone]


Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

390 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

[phone]



J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

[phone]



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