Rio Tinto - board change

Rio Tinto PLC
09 March 2005

Rio Tinto - board change



Rod Eddington will join the boards of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited with
effect from 1 September 2005.



He is currently chief executive of British Airways plc and a non executive
director of News Corporation and John Swire & Sons Pty Ltd.



Rod is an Australian citizen and was educated at the University of Western
Australia and Oxford University where, as a Rhodes Scholar, he completed a
doctorate in Engineering Science. He joined The Swire Group in 1979 and was
managing director of Cathy Pacific Airways from 1992 to 1996.  He became
chairman of Ansett Airlines in 1997 and chief executive of British Airways in
2000.



He plans to return to Australia at the end of 2005.


For further information, please contact:

LONDON                                               AUSTRALIA

Media Relations                                     Media Relations
Lisa Cullimore                                      Ian Head
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Mobile: [phone]                        Mobile: [phone]


Investor Relations                                  Investor Relations

Peter Cunningham                                    Dave Skinner
Office:  [phone]                       Office:  [phone]
Mobile: [phone]                        Mobile: [phone]
Richard Brimelow                                    Susie Creswell
Office:  [phone]                       Office:  [phone]
Mobile: [phone]                        Mobile: [phone]


Website: www.riotinto.com




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