Results of AGMs

Rio Tinto PLC
27 April 2001


              Results of Voting at 2001 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 12 April and 27 April 2001 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 Limited and Rio
Tinto plc 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 Pty. Limited and Central Registration Limited were as follows:
 
 

                                                                              
                                                     For           Against    
  To re-elect directors:         Mr R Adams          549,989,944   18,026,021 
                                 Mr J C A Leslie     550,765,201   18,054,550 
                                 Sir Richard Sykes   583,373,395   13,435,853 
                                 Lord Tugendhat      597,572,084   942,193    
                                 Sir Robert Wilson   577,023,517   3,174,435  
  
  To re-appoint the auditors of Rio Tinto plc        578,969,820   11,088,489 
  
  To receive the Company's accounts and the          596,795,828   499,083    
  reports of the directors and auditors for the                               
  year ended 31 December 2000                                                 
                                                                              
 
The following special resolution was passed at the Rio Tinto plc meeting held
on 12 April 2001 and also at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting held on 27 April
2001. The result of the poll at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting was as follows:
 

                                                                              
                                                         For           Against

  Amendments to the Articles of Association of Rio       113,639,292    80,260
  Tinto plc                                                                   
 
 
The following resolution was passed at the Rio Tinto Limited
meeting held on 27 April 2001
 

                                                                              
                                                       For           Against  

  Awards to Directors under Executive Incentive and    111,550,365   2,038,457
  Share Savings Plans                                                         
 
 
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