Results of voting at 2006 AGM

Rio Tinto PLC
12 April 2006

Rio Tinto plc - Results of voting at 2006 annual general meeting





The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 12 April 2006.



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 to 13 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 4 May 2006.



The remaining resolutions 1 to 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                             629,462,762             8,212,722
2.   To authorise directors to allot shares for cash and to             634,687,201             2,852,585
     disapply pre-emption rights.
3.   To renew the authority for the purchase of Rio Tinto               634,348,273             2,633,676
     plc's ordinary shares by itself and by Rio Tinto Limited.



In accordance with Listing rule 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R two copies of resolutions 1 to
3 have been forwarded to the document viewing facility of the FSA.  A Copy of
the resolutions may also be obtained from the Notice of meeting available on the
Company's website www.riotinto.com





For further information, please contact:
LONDON                                               AUSTRALIA

Media Relations                                      Media Relations

Hugh Leggatt                                         Ian Head
Office:  [phone]                        Office:  [phone]
Mobile: [phone]                         Mobile: [phone]

Investor Relations                                   Investor Relations

Nigel Jones                                          Dave Skinner
Office: [phone]                         Office:  [phone]
Mobile: [phone]                         Mobile: [phone]



David Ovington                                       Susie Creswell

Office:  [phone]                        Office:  [phone]
Mobile: [phone]                         Mobile: [phone]



Website: www.riotinto.com






                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange             ACUPQGQP