RIO TINTO LTD

This report includes “forward-looking

statements” within the meaning of the Private

Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

All statements other than statements of

historical facts included in this report,

including, without limitation, those regarding

Rio Tinto’s financial position, business

strategy, plans and objectives of

management for future operations (including

development plans and objectives relating to

Rio Tinto’s products, production forecasts,

and reserve and resource positions), are

forward-looking statements. The words

“intend”, “aim”, “project”, “anticipate”,

“estimate”, “plan”, “believes”, “expects”,

“may”, “should”, “will”, “target”, “set to” or

similar expressions, commonly identify such

forward-looking statements.

Such forward-looking statements involve

known and unknown risks, uncertainties and

other factors which may cause the actual

results, performance or achievements of

Rio Tinto, or industry results, to be materially

different from any future results, performance

or achievements expressed or implied by

such forward-looking statements. Such

forward-looking statements are based on

numerous assumptions regarding Rio Tinto’s

present and future business strategies and

the environment in which Rio Tinto will

operate in the future. Among the important

factors that could cause Rio Tinto’s actual

results, performance or achievements to

differ materially from those in the forward-

looking statements include, but are not

limited to:

an inability to live up to Rio Tinto’s values

and any resultant damage to its reputation;

the impacts of geopolitics on trade and

investment; the impacts of climate change

and the transition to a low-carbon future; an

inability to successfully execute and/or

realise value from acquisitions and

divestments; the level of new ore resources,

including the results of exploration programs

and/or acquisitions; disruption to strategic

partnerships that play a material role in

delivering growth, production, cash or market

positioning; damage to Rio Tinto’s

relationships with communities and

governments; an inability to attract and retain

requisite skilled people; declines in

commodity prices and adverse exchange

rate movements; an inability to raise

sufficient funds for capital investment;

inadequate estimates of ore resources and

reserves; delays or overruns of large and

complex projects; changes in tax regulation;

changes in environmental, social and

governance reporting standards; safety

incidents or major hazard events; cyber

breaches; physical impacts from climate

change; the impacts of water scarcity; natural

disasters; an inability to successfully manage

the closure, reclamation and rehabilitation of

sites; the impacts of civil unrest; breaches of

Rio Tinto’s policies, standards and

procedures, laws or regulations; trade

tensions between the world’s major

economies; increasing societal and investor

expectations, in particular with regard to

environmental, social and governance

considerations; the

impacts of technological advancements; and

such other risks identified in Rio Tinto’s most

recent Annual Report and accounts in

Australia and the United Kingdom and the

most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F

filed with the SEC or Form 6-Ks furnished to,

or filed with, the SEC. Forward-looking

statements should, therefore, be construed

in light of such risk factors and undue

reliance should not be placed on forward-

looking statements. These forward-looking

statements speak only as of the date of this

report. Rio Tinto expressly disclaims any

obligation or undertaking (except as required

by applicable law, the UK Listing Rules, the

Disclosure Guidance and Transparency

Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority and

the Listing Rules of the Australian Securities

Exchange) to release publicly any updates or

revisions to any forward-looking statement

contained herein to reflect any change in

Rio Tinto’s expectations with regard thereto

or any change in events, conditions or

circumstances on which any such statement

is based.

Nothing in this report should be interpreted to

mean that future earnings per share of

Rio Tinto plc or Rio Tinto Limited will

necessarily match or exceed its historical

published earnings per share.