Repurchase of term notes

Rio Tinto PLC 01 December 2004 Repurchase of medium term notes Rio Tinto announces that on 1 December 2004, Rio Tinto Finance Limited repurchased, for cancellation, the entire issue of its US$49,900,000 Floating Rate Notes due 27 June 2005 (XS0171614588) for settlement on 6 December 2004. Following such cancellation there will be no outstanding Notes of this issue. For further information, please contact: LONDON AUSTRALIA Media Relations Media Relations Lisa Cullimore Ian Head Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2305 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620 Mobile: +44 (0) 7730 418 385 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101 Investor Relations Investor Relations Peter Cunningham Dave Skinner Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2401 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628 Mobile: +44 (0) 7711 596 570 Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309 Richard Brimelow Susie Creswell Office: +44 (0) 20 7753 2326 Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3639 Mobile: +44 (0) 7753 783 825 Mobile: +61 (0) 418 933 792 Website: www.riotinto.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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