RNS Number:5326J
Rio Tinto America Incorporated
02 April 2003


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE:             2nd April, 2003

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following securities to be admitted to the Official List.

DETAILS OF ISSUE:            U.S.$3,000,000,000 Programme for the Issuance of Debt Instruments

ISSUER:                       Rio Tinto America inc./Rio Tinto Canada Inc./ Rio Tinto Finance Limited/Rio Tinto Finance
                             plc

INCORPORATED IN:              The State of Delaware, U.S.A, the Province of Ontario, Canada, the Australian Capital
                             Territory and England and Wales respectively

GUARANTOR:                    Rio Tinto plc/Rio Tinto Limited

INCORPORATED IN:             England and Wales and the Australian Capital Territory respectively

Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours for fourteen days from the date of this
formal notice from:

Rio Tinto Finance plc                                        Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited
6 St. James's Square                                         25 Cabot Square
London SW1Y 4LD                                              Canary Wharf
                                                             London E14 4QA

In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility at the Financial
Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, London E14 5HS.


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