Total Voting Rights

Rio Tinto PLC
30 April 2008



Rio Tinto plc

30 April 2008

                                 RIO TINTO PLC

                                ('THE COMPANY')



                              TOTAL VOTING RIGHTS



Pursuant to the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, Rio Tinto plc
is required to notify the market of the following:



The Companies issued share capital, including treasury shares, consists of
1,071,869,905 ordinary shares of 10p each. Of these, 73,897,381 shares were held
in treasury at the date of this announcement.



Therefore the total number of voting rights in the company is 997,972,524.



The above figure (997,972,524 Ordinary Shares) may be used by shareholders as
the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are
required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the
company under the FSA'S Disclosure and Transparency Rules.



Further information:



Mr. M J Whyte

Assistant Secretary



30 April 2008






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