October 14, 2008

Rio Tinto appoints Alacn executives to board

The boards of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited announced that, following the acquisition of Alcan Inc Mr Yves Fortier, Mr Paul Tellier and Mr Dick Evans have been appointed as directors with effect from October 25th2007.

Mr Yves Fortier currently chairman of the board of Alcan and Mr Paul Tellier currently a non executive director of Alcan become non executive directors of Rio Tinto. Mr Dick Evans the current Alcan chief executive officer becomes an executive director of Rio Tinto and the chief executive of the combined aluminum group, Rio Tinto Alcan based in Montreal and will report directly to Mr Tom Albanese CEO of Rio Tinto.

Mr Paul Skinner chairman of Rio Tinto said that "I am very pleased to welcome Mr Yves, Mr Paul and Mr Dick to the Rio Tinto board. They will play key roles in providing important continuity during the integration of Alcan and bring valuable new perspectives, particularly in relation to Canada, to our board."