Fthr re 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 plc and Rio Tinto
Limited 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, Central Registration Limited
and Computershare Investor Services Pty Limited were as follows:
 
                                                                              
                                                         For        Against   
  To re-elect directors:    Mr Robert Adams           549,989,944   18,026,021
                            Mr Jonathan 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 financial statements       596,795,828      499,083
  and the 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 and
at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting, but will not become effective until the
Scheme of Arrangement in respect of the conversion of bearer shares into
ordinary registered shares is approved by the Court. The result of the poll
at the Rio Tinto plc meeting was as follows:
 

                                                                              
                                                          For        Against  
  Amendment to Articles of Association of Rio Tinto   484,522,189    149,348  
  plc                                                                         
                                                                              
  
The following resolution was passed at the Rio Tinto Limited meeting.       
 
                                                         For        Against  
  Awards to Directors under Executive Incentive and    111,550,365   2,038,457
  Share Savings Plans                                                         
 
 
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