Rio Tinto sells interest in Chariot Resources

14 February 2006

Rio Tinto’s 100% owned Canadian subsidiary QIT-Fer et Titane Inc announced today that it has sold 25.6 million common shares and 11.6 million warrants of Chariot Resources Limited, a Toronto listed company, for approximately US$10 million. These shares were acquired by Rio Tinto as part of the consideration for the sale of its interest in the Marcona copper deposit in Peru on 30 December 2004.