Result of AGM

Rio Tinto PLC
12 April 2001


                          Results of voting at 2001                           
                   Annual General Meeting of Rio Tinto plc                    
 

The Annual General Meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 12th April 2001.
 
Under the structure which established the dual listed companies merger in
1995, decisions on certain matters affecting shareholders of Rio Tinto plc
and Rio Tinto Limited in similar ways are taken on a joint basis.
 
Resolutions 4 and 6-12 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 27th April 2001.
 
The remaining resolutions 1-3 and 5 were put to Rio Tinto plc shareholders on
a poll at the Annual General Meeting and the results as certified by the
scrutineers, Central Registration Limited, were as follows:
 

                                                                              
       RESOLUTIONS                                        FOR        AGAINST  
  1.   To authorise directors to allot shares         484,930,990   169,683   
  2.   To authorise directors to allot shares for     482,855,066   2,245,607 
       cash and to disapply pre-emption rights.                               
  3.   To renew the authority for the purchase of     484,701,621   401,763   
       Rio Tinto plc's ordinary shares by itself                              
       and by Rio Tinto Limited.                                              
  5.   To approve the Rio Tinto plc All-Employee      478,658,416   831,560   
       Share Ownership Plan                                                   
 
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