Directorate Change

Rio Tinto PLC 06 March 2008 Rio Tinto plc 6 March 2008 APPOINTMENT OF SIR DAVID CLEMENTI FOREIGN & COLONIAL INVESTMENT TRUST PLC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rio Tinto announces that Sir David Clementi, non-executive director of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited, will join the Board of Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust PLC as a non-executive director, effective 23 May 2008. This announcement is made pursuant to Listing Rule 9.6.14R. For further information, please contact: Media Relations, London Media Relations, Australia Nick Cobban Ian Head Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1138 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620 Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 041 003 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101 Amanda Buckley Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3627 Mobile: +61 (0) 419 801 349 Investor Relations, London Investor Relations, Australia Nigel Jones Dave Skinner Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 2049 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628 Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 227 365 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309 Investor Relations, North America David Ovington Jason Combes Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 2051 Office: +1 (0) 801 685 4535 Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 010 978 Mobile: +1 (0) 801 558 2645 Email: questions@riotinto.com Website: www.riotinto.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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