Rio Tinto and Chinalco obtain clearance from Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)

15 May 2009

Rio Tinto and Chinalco announced today that they have obtained clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") regarding the proposed issue of convertible bonds to Chinalco and the indirect minority investment in Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, as contemplated by the strategic transaction announced by Rio Tinto and Chinalco on 12 February 2009. Rio Tinto and Chinalco jointly filed a voluntary notice with CFIUS in connection with the transaction. The receipt of CFIUS clearance satisfies a regulatory pre-condition to the transaction.

This follows receipt of approvals from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on 25 March and the German Federal Cartel Office on 31 March.

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