Result of voting at 2008 AGM

Rio Tinto PLC
17 April 2008

Rio Tinto plc Results of voting at 2008 annual general meeting



17 April 2008



The Annual General Meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 17 April 2008.



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 1 to 10 and 16 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 24 April 2008.



The remaining resolutions 11 to 15 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         %        Vote withheld
11.   Approval of the use of           625,836,411     99.91            533,922       0.09           649,615
      e-communications for
      shareholder materials
12.   Authority to allot               620,178,335     99.01          6,231,152       0.99           623,899
      relevant securities under
      Section 80 of the
      Companies Act 1985
13.   Authority to allot equity        624,464,785     99.68          2,032,298       0.32           536,303
      securities for cash under
      Section 89 of the
      Companies Act 1985

14.   Authority to purchase Rio        626,562,454     99.97            180,230       0.03           290,705
      Tinto plc shares by the
      Company or Rio Tinto
      Limited
15.   Directors' conflicts of          624,062,452     99.85            906,545       0.15         2,063,995
      interests - amendment to
      the Company's Articles of
      Association





About Rio Tinto



Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK,
combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed public company, and Rio Tinto
Limited, which is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.



Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major
products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold,
industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore.
Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North
America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern
Africa.





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