Chariot Resources Limited

Rio Tinto PLC
14 February 2006



Rio Tinto sells interest in Chariot Resources

Rio Tinto's 100% owned Canadian subsidiary QIT-Fer et Titane Inc announced today
that it has sold 25.6 million common shares and 11.6 million warrants of Chariot
Resources Limited, a Toronto listed company, for approximately US$10 million.
These shares were acquired by Rio Tinto as part of the consideration for the
sale of its interest in the Marcona copper deposit in Peru on 30 December 2004.





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