Result of AGM

Rio Tinto PLC
01 May 2003



               Results of voting at 2003 Annual General Meetings

                     of Rio Tinto Plc and Rio Tinto Limited



The annual general meetings of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited were held on
17 April and 1 May 2003 respectively.


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.



The following resolutions, which were put to both Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto
Limited shareholders on a poll at the respective annual general meetings, were
subject to the joint electoral procedure and the aggregate results of the joint
polls as certified by the scrutineers, Computershare Investor Services plc and
Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited, were as follows:


RESOLUTIONS                                                                               FOR           AGAINST

 To elect Mr A F J Gould                                                          675,782,695         2,572,586
 To elect Mr D C Clementi                                                         676,055,015         2,303,551
 To re-elect Mr R Adams                                                           676,447,280         2,023,426
 To re-elect Mr L A Davis                                                         664,407,185         4,418,063
 To re-elect Mr D L Mayhew                                                        655,731,405         5,122,293
 To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors of                          665,416,940         9,270,902

 Rio Tinto plc
 To approve the Remuneration report                                               658,894,437        12,216,394
 To receive the Company's financial statements and the reports of the             641,002,664         3,486,968
directors and auditors for the year ended 31 December 2002



The following special Resolution was passed at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting:


RESOLUTION                                                                                FOR           AGAINST

To renew the authority for the purchase of Rio Tinto Limited's shares by          115,070,138           146,681
itself.





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