Annual Report and Accounts

Rio Tinto PLC
09 March 2007

2006 Annual report and 2007 Annual general meeting


Rio Tinto has today posted the following documents on its web site at 
http://www.riotinto.com/investors/reports.asp

•    2006 Annual report and financial statements;

•    2006 Annual review;

•    2007 Notices of Annual general meetings; and

•    2006 Sustainable development review

Rio Tinto plc has also today submitted these documents to the UK Listing
Authority and they will shortly be available for inspection at the Document
Viewing Facility which is situated at:

The Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS

Rio Tinto plc will hold its 2007 Annual general meeting in London on 13 April
2007 and Rio Tinto Limited will hold its 2007 Annual general meeting in Perth,
Western Australia, on 27 April 2007.

Rio Tinto will announce when its 2006 Annual report on Form 20-F, with the 2006
Financial statements including reconciliation to US accounting principles, has
been filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

American Depositary Receipt holders can view Rio Tinto's 2006 Annual report and
financial statements, Rio Tinto plc's 2007 Notice of meeting and, when filed,
the 2006 Annual report on Form 20-F on the Rio Tinto web site at 
http://www.riotinto.com/investors/ADRs.asp

Hard copies of these documents can be obtained free of charge on request from
the company secretaries, whose contact details are as follows:

The Company Secretary                        The Company Secretary
Rio Tinto plc                                Rio Tinto Limited
6 St James's Square                          120 Collins Street
London SW1Y 4LD                              Melbourne, 3000
United Kingdom                               Australia


For further information, please contact:

LONDON                                       AUSTRALIA
Media Relations                              Media Relations
Christina Mills                              Ian Head
Office: [phone]                 Office:  [phone]
Mobile: [phone]                 Mobile:  [phone]

Nick Cobban
Office:  [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

High resolution photographs available at: www.newscast.co.uk


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