Result of AGM

Rio Tinto PLC
17 April 2003


                                 Rio Tinto Plc

                Results of voting at 2003 Annual General Meeting



The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 17 April 2003.

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 4-11 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 1 May 2003.

The remaining resolutions 1-3 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

1. To authorise directors to allot shares                                    556,758,616             5,118,994

2. To authorise directors to allot shares for cash and to disapply           561,023,499             3,173,563
   pre-emption rights.

3. To renew the authority for the purchase of Rio Tinto plc's                557,655,420             7,121,822
   ordinary shares by itself and by Rio Tinto Limited.



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LONDON                                             AUSTRALIA

Media Relations                                    Media Relations
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Investor Relations                                 Investor Relations
Peter Cunningham                                   Dave Skinner
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Richard Brimelow                                   Daphne Morros
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