Results of voting at 2007 AGM

Rio Tinto PLC
13 April 2007

Rio Tinto plc - Results of voting at 2007 annual general meeting





The annual general meeting of Rio Tinto plc was held on 13 April 2007.



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 4 to 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 27 April 2007.



The remaining resolutions 1 to 3 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
1.   To authorise directors to allot shares                             593,359,192            17,433,486
2.   To authorise directors to allot shares for cash and to             603,103,211             9,742,067
     disapply pre-emption rights
3.   To renew the authority for the purchase of Rio Tinto               610,564,376             1,708,724
     plc's ordinary shares by itself and by Rio Tinto Limited





In accordance with Listing rule 9.6.2R and 9.6.3R two copies of resolutions 1 to
3 have been forwarded to the document viewing facility of the FSA.  A Copy of
the resolutions may also be obtained from the Notice of meeting available on the
Company's website www.riotinto.com





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