Rio Tinto - Result of voting at 2008 AGM

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Rio Tinto PLC
17 April 2008

Rio Tinto plc Results of voting at 2008 annual general meeting

17 April 2008

The Annual General Meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 17 April 2008.

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 1 to 10 and 16 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 24 April 2008.

The remaining resolutions 11 to 15 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 % Vote withheld
11. Approval of the use of 625,836,411 99.91 533,922 0.09 649,615
e-communications for
shareholder materials
12. Authority to allot 620,178,335 99.01 6,231,152 0.99 623,899
relevant securities under
Section 80 of the
Companies Act 1985
13. Authority to allot equity 624,464,785 99.68 2,032,298 0.32 536,303
securities for cash under
Section 89 of the
Companies Act 1985

14. Authority to purchase Rio 626,562,454 99.97 180,230 0.03 290,705
Tinto plc shares by the
Company or Rio Tinto
Limited
15. Directors' conflicts of 624,062,452 99.85 906,545 0.15 2,063,995
interests - amendment to
the Company's Articles of
Association

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK,
combining Rio Tinto plc, a London and NYSE listed public company, and Rio Tinto
Limited, which is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major
products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold,
industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt, talc) and iron ore.
Activities span the world but are strongly represented in Australia and North
America with significant businesses in South America, Asia, Europe and southern
Africa.

For further information, please contact:

Media Relations, Australia Media Relations, London
Amanda Buckley Christina Mills
Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3627 Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1154
Mobile: +61 (0) 419 801 349 Mobile: +44 (0) 7825 275 605
Ian Head Nick Cobban
Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3620 Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 1138
Mobile: +61 (0) 408 360 101 Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 041 003

Media Relations, Americas
Nancy Ives
Mobile: +1 619 540 3751

Investor Relations, Australia Investor Relations, London
Dave Skinner Nigel Jones
Office: +61 (0) 3 9283 3628 Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 2049
Mobile: +61 (0) 408 335 309 Mobile: +44 (0) 7917 227365

Simon Ellinor David Ovington
Office: +61 (0) 7 3867 1607 Office: +44 (0) 20 7781 2051
Mobile: +61 (0) 439 102 811 Mobile: +44 (0) 7920 010 978

Investor Relations, North America
Jason Combes
Office: +1 (0) 801 685 4535
Mobile: +1 (0) 801 558 2645

Email: questions@riotinto.com

Website: www.riotinto.com

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