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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Rio Tinto Limited</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ABN 96 004 458 404</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Australia</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation <BR>
or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>120 Collins Street<BR>
Melbourne, Victoria 3000,<BR>
Australia</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Rio Tinto Limited</B><BR>
<FONT style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Share Savings Plan 2004</B></FONT><BR>
(Full title of plans)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Shannon Crompton<BR>
Corporate Secretary<BR>
Rio Tinto Services Inc<BR>
80 State Street<BR>
Albany<BR>
New York, 12207-2543</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(801)&nbsp;583-6707</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, for agent for service)</DIV>



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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>



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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of each class</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">maximum</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">per share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">50,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">US$51.11</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">US$861,457</TD>
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    <TD>The amount of ordinary shares being registered is based upon the participation of U.S.
participants in the Rio Tinto Limited Share Savings Plan (&#147;Plan&#148;) and an estimate of
participation of U.S. participants during the next five years.</TD>
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    <TD>In accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the maximum offering
price has been calculated on the basis of, in respect of previous Plan participation
elections, the weighted average market price of Rio Tinto Limited shares quoted on the
Australian Securities Exchange at the time of election (A$34.61), and, in respect of future
Plan participation elections, the average high and low prices of such shares quoted on the
Australian Securities Exchange on 8&nbsp;December&nbsp;2008 (A$32.08). The proposed maximum aggregate
offering price of A$1,336,213 has been translated into U.S. dollars at the noon buying rate as
posted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on 8 December&nbsp;2008 of A$0.6644 per US$1.00.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Explanatory note:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">As permitted by Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
omits the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. We will deliver the documents containing
the information specified in Part&nbsp;I to the participants in the plans covered by this registration
statement as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b). We are not filing these documents with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to the Commission by Rio Tinto Limited,
and are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by documents or reports
subsequently filed or furnished:
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    <TD>Rio Tinto&#146;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the financial year ended 31 December&nbsp;2007.</TD>
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    <TD>Rio Tinto&#146;s reports on Form 6-K filed on 15 April&nbsp;2008 for the financial year ended 31
December&nbsp;2008 and 2 September&nbsp;2008 for the financial year ending 31 December&nbsp;2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, all filings on Form 20-F filed by Rio Tinto Limited pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the termination of
the distribution contemplated hereby are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
from the date of filing such documents or reports. Also, to the extent designated therein, Reports
on Form 6-K filed or furnished by the Rio Tinto Limited after the date hereof and prior to the
termination of the distribution contemplated hereby are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement from the date of filing or furnishing such documents or reports.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents subsequently filed by Rio Tinto Limited pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of the post-elective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement and
to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The description of Rio Tinto Limited&#146;s ordinary shares is hereby incorporated by reference to such
description contained in Rio Tinto&#146;s Limited&#146;s Form 6-K filed on 5 June&nbsp;2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">None.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Rio Tinto Limited</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Rule&nbsp;144 Indemnity, of Rio Tinto Limited&#146;s Constitution provides:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&#147;(1) The Company shall indemnify each officer of the Company and each officer of each wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company out of the assets of the Company to the relevant extent
against any liability incurred by the officer in the conduct of the business of the Company or
in the conduct of the business of such wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (as the case may
be) or in the actual or purported execution or discharge of the duties of the officer.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(2)&nbsp;To the extent permitted by law, the Company may pay amounts by way of premium in respect
of any contract effecting insurance on behalf or in respect of an officer or employee of any
relevant company, including (without limitation) insurance against liability incurred by the
officer or employee in the conduct of the business of the relevant company or in the actual or
purported execution or discharge of the duties of the officer or employee.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">(3)&nbsp;In this Rule:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(a) &#147;officer&#148; means:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(i)&nbsp;a director, secretary or executive officer, or
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(ii)&nbsp;a person appointed as a trustee by, or acting as a trustee at the express
request of, the Company or a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(b)
&#147;duties&#148; includes duties and powers arising by reason of, or otherwise in
connection with the appointment or nomination of the person by the Company or any
relevant company to any other corporation.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(c) &#147;liability&#148; means all costs, charges, losses, damages, expenses, penalties and
liabilities.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">(d) &#147;to the relevant extent&#148; means:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(i)&nbsp;to the extent the Company is not precluded by law from doing so;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(ii)&nbsp;where the liability is incurred in the conduct of the business of another
corporation or in the discharge of the duties of the officer in relation to
another corporation, to the extent and for the amount that the officer is not
entitled to be indemnified and is not actually indemnified out of the assets of
that corporation; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">(iii)&nbsp;to the extent and for the amount that the officer is not otherwise entitled
to be indemnified and is not otherwise actually indemnified.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%; text-indent:-2%">(e)&nbsp;&#147;relevant company&#148; means the Company, any holding company of the
Company, any body (whether or not incorporated) in which the Company or such
holding company (or any predecessors of the Company or such holding company of the
Company) has or had any interest (whether direct or indirect), any body that is in
any way allied to or associated with the Company, and Rio Tinto plc and any of its
subsidiaries.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199A(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) (the &#147;Corporations Act&#148;) provides that
a company or a related body corporate must not exempt a person from a liability to the company
incurred as an officer of the company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199A(2) of the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must
not indemnify a person against any of the following liabilities incurred as an officer of the
company:
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    <TD>a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate;</TD>
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    <TD>a liability for a pecuniary penalty order or compensation order under specified provisions
of the Corporations Act; or</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate that
did not arise out of conduct in good faith.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199A(2) does not apply to a liability for legal costs.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199A(3) provides that a company or a related body corporate must not indemnify a person
against legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer of the
company if the costs are incurred:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending or resisting proceedings in which the person is found to have a liability for
which they could not be indemnified under Section&nbsp;199A(2); or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty; or</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in defending or resisting proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC)&nbsp;or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are
found by the court to have been established (this does not apply to costs incurred in
responding to actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before
commencing proceedings for the court order); or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in connection with proceedings for relief to the person under the Corporations Act in which
the court denies the relief.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;199B of the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must not
pay, or agree to pay, a premium for a contract insuring a person who is or has been an officer of
the company against a liability (other than one for legal costs) arising out of:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>conduct involving a wilful breach of any duty in relation to the company; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a contravention of the officer&#146;s duties under the Corporations Act not to improperly use
their position or make improper use of information obtained as an officer</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">For the purpose of Sections&nbsp;199A and 199B, an &#147;officer&#148; of a company includes:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a director or secretary of the company;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a person who makes, or participates in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a
substantial part, of the business of the company;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a person who has the capacity to significantly affect the company&#146;s financial standing; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a person in accordance with whose instructions or wishes the directors of the company are
accustomed to act.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">See index of Exhibits attached hereto.
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events are arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="8%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect of the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement what any
material change to such information in the registration statement;</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD width="1%"><I>&nbsp;</I></TD>
    <TD><I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purposes of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities: The
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i)&nbsp;any preliminary prospectus or prospectus
of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424; (ii)&nbsp;any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant; (iii)&nbsp;the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and (iv)&nbsp;any other
communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the
purchaser.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than director, officer or controlling person in the successful defence of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto to
duly authorized in the city of London, United Kingdom, on 11 November&nbsp;2008.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Rio Tinto Limited<br>
(Registrant)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">By /s/ Ben Mathews<BR>
Ben Mathews<BR>
Assistant Secretary<BR>
(Signature and Title)

</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Each director and officer of Rio Tinto Limited whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints Shannon Crompton, the agent for service named in the registration statement, and appoints
each of Paul Skinner, Guy Elliott and Tom Albanese, to be his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her, and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file any amendments to this registration
statement on Form S-8 necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in this registration
statement as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and any subsequent registration statement for
the same offering that may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>For and on behalf of Rio Tinto Limited:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul Skinner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul Skinner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Tom Albanese
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Tom Albanese
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief executive
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Guy Elliott
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Guy Elliott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Finance director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Dick Evans
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dick Evans
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sir David Clementi
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir David Clementi
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Vivienne Cox
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jan du Plessis
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Jan du Plessis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non
executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Sir Rod Eddington
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sir Rod Eddington
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael Fitzpatrick
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael Fitzpatrick
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Yves Fortier
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard Goodmanson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Andrew Gould
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David Mayhew
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David Mayhew
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">November&nbsp;2008</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul Tellier
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Non executive director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Shannon Crompton
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Shannon Crompton
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Authorized Representative in
the United States of America
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following are filed at exhibits to this registration statement:
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Constitution of Rio Tinto Limited (ACN 004 458 404) (as adopted by special resolution passed
on 24&nbsp;May&nbsp;2000 and amended by special resolution on 18 April&nbsp;2002, 29 April&nbsp;2005, 27 April
2007 and 24&nbsp;April&nbsp;2008), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Rio Tinto plc&#146;s
and Rio Tinto Limited&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 filed as of same date (File No.
1-10533).</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">4.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Rules of the Rio Tinto Limited Share Savings Plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">5.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Mr Graham Reid, Chief Counsel, Rio Tinto Limited, as to the validity of the newly
issued shares.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms to the incorporation of the audit
report relating to the Rio Tinto Group by reference.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Independent Auditors to the incorporation of the audit report relating to Minera
Escondida Limitada by reference.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">24.</TD>
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    <TD>Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Rio Tinto Limited
ABN 96 004 458 404
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Australia
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization)
None
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
120 Collins Street
Melbourne, Victoria 3000,
Australia
(Address of principal executive offices)
Rio Tinto Limited
Share Savings Plan 2004
(Full title of plans)
Shannon Crompton
Corporate Secretary
Rio Tinto Services Inc
80 State Street
Albany
New York, 12207-2543
(Name and address of agent for service)
(801) 583-6707
(Telephone number, including area code, for agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.
See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting Company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of each class
Amount
maximum
maximum
Amount of
of securities
to be
offering price
aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered
(1)
per share
(2)
offering price
fee
Rio Tinto Limited ordinary shares
50,000
US$51.11
US$861,457
US$33.85
(1)
The amount of ordinary shares being registered is based upon the participation of U.S.
participants in the Rio Tinto Limited Share Savings Plan ("Plan") and an estimate of
participation of U.S. participants during the next five years.
(2)
In accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, the maximum offering
price has been calculated on the basis of, in respect of previous Plan participation
elections, the weighted average market price of Rio Tinto Limited shares quoted on the
Australian Securities Exchange at the time of election (A$34.61), and, in respect of future
Plan participation elections, the average high and low prices of such shares quoted on the
Australian Securities Exchange on 8 December 2008 (A$32.08). The proposed maximum aggregate
offering price of A$1,336,213 has been translated into U.S. dollars at the noon buying rate as
posted by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on 8 December 2008 of A$0.6644 per US$1.00.
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PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBITS
EX-4.2
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-23.2
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Explanatory note:
As permitted by Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. We will deliver the documents containing
the information specified in Part I to the participants in the plans covered by this registration
statement as required by Rule 428(b). We are not filing these documents with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The reports listed below have been filed with or furnished to the Commission by Rio Tinto Limited,
and are incorporated herein by reference to the extent not superseded by documents or reports
subsequently filed or furnished:
(a)
Rio Tinto's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the financial year ended 31 December 2007.
(b)
Rio Tinto's reports on Form 6-K filed on 15 April 2008 for the financial year ended 31
December 2008 and 2 September 2008 for the financial year ending 31 December 2008.
In addition, all filings on Form 20-F filed by Rio Tinto Limited pursuant to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the termination of
the distribution contemplated hereby are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
from the date of filing such documents or reports. Also, to the extent designated therein, Reports
on Form 6-K filed or furnished by the Rio Tinto Limited after the date hereof and prior to the
termination of the distribution contemplated hereby are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement from the date of filing or furnishing such documents or reports.
All documents subsequently filed by Rio Tinto Limited pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of the post-elective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the registration statement and
to be part thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
The description of Rio Tinto Limited's ordinary shares is hereby incorporated by reference to such
description contained in Rio Tinto's Limited's Form 6-K filed on 5 June 2007.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
None.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Rio Tinto Limited
Rule 144 Indemnity, of Rio Tinto Limited's Constitution provides:
"(1) The Company shall indemnify each officer of the Company and each officer of each wholly
owned subsidiary of the Company out of the assets of the Company to the relevant extent
against any liability incurred by the officer in the conduct of the business of the Company or
in the conduct of the business of such wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (as the case may
be) or in the actual or purported execution or discharge of the duties of the officer.
(2) To the extent permitted by law, the Company may pay amounts by way of premium in respect
of any contract effecting insurance on behalf or in respect of an officer or employee of any
relevant company, including (without limitation) insurance against liability incurred by the
officer or employee in the conduct of the business of the relevant company or in the actual or
purported execution or discharge of the duties of the officer or employee.
(3) In this Rule:
(a) "officer" means:
(i) a director, secretary or executive officer, or
(ii) a person appointed as a trustee by, or acting as a trustee at the express
request of, the Company or a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
(b)
"duties" includes duties and powers arising by reason of, or otherwise in
connection with the appointment or nomination of the person by the Company or any
relevant company to any other corporation.
(c) "liability" means all costs, charges, losses, damages, expenses, penalties and
liabilities.
(d) "to the relevant extent" means:
(i) to the extent the Company is not precluded by law from doing so;
(ii) where the liability is incurred in the conduct of the business of another
corporation or in the discharge of the duties of the officer in relation to
another corporation, to the extent and for the amount that the officer is not
entitled to be indemnified and is not actually indemnified out of the assets of
that corporation; and
(iii) to the extent and for the amount that the officer is not otherwise entitled
to be indemnified and is not otherwise actually indemnified.
(e) "relevant company" means the Company, any holding company of the
Company, any body (whether or not incorporated) in which the Company or such
holding company (or any predecessors of the Company or such holding company of the
Company) has or had any interest (whether direct or indirect), any body that is in
any way allied to or associated with the Company, and Rio Tinto plc and any of its
subsidiaries."
Section 199A(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) (the "Corporations Act") provides that
a company or a related body corporate must not exempt a person from a liability to the company
incurred as an officer of the company.
Section 199A(2) of the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must
not indemnify a person against any of the following liabilities incurred as an officer of the
company:
•
a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate;
•
a liability for a pecuniary penalty order or compensation order under specified provisions
of the Corporations Act; or
•
a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate that
did not arise out of conduct in good faith.
Section 199A(2) does not apply to a liability for legal costs.
Section 199A(3) provides that a company or a related body corporate must not indemnify a person
against legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability incurred as an officer of the
company if the costs are incurred:
•
in defending or resisting proceedings in which the person is found to have a liability for
which they could not be indemnified under Section 199A(2); or
•
in defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty; or
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in defending or resisting proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission (ASIC) or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are
found by the court to have been established (this does not apply to costs incurred in
responding to actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before
commencing proceedings for the court order); or
•
in connection with proceedings for relief to the person under the Corporations Act in which
the court denies the relief.
Section 199B of the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must not
pay, or agree to pay, a premium for a contract insuring a person who is or has been an officer of
the company against a liability (other than one for legal costs) arising out of:
•
conduct involving a wilful breach of any duty in relation to the company; or
•
a contravention of the officer's duties under the Corporations Act not to improperly use
their position or make improper use of information obtained as an officer
For the purpose of Sections 199A and 199B, an "officer" of a company includes:
•
a director or secretary of the company;
•
a person who makes, or participates in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a
substantial part, of the business of the company;
•
a person who has the capacity to significantly affect the company's financial standing; and
•
a person in accordance with whose instructions or wishes the directors of the company are
accustomed to act.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See index of Exhibits attached hereto.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events are arising after
the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the
maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect of the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement what any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant
pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
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(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4)
That, for the purposes of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities: The
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the
undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the
underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are
offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the
undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer
or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus
of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned
registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the
offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its
securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and (iv) any other
communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the
purchaser.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than director, officer or controlling person in the successful defence of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, each registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto to
duly authorized in the city of London, United Kingdom, on 11 November 2008.
Rio Tinto Limited
(Registrant)
By /s/ Ben Mathews
Ben Mathews
Assistant Secretary
(Signature and Title)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each director and officer of Rio Tinto Limited whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints Shannon Crompton, the agent for service named in the registration statement, and appoints
each of Paul Skinner, Guy Elliott and Tom Albanese, to be his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her, and on his or her behalf and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file any amendments to this registration
statement on Form S-8 necessary or advisable to enable the registrant to comply with the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereof, which amendments may make such other changes in this registration
statement as such attorney-in-fact deems appropriate, and any subsequent registration statement for
the same offering that may be filed under Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
For and on behalf of Rio Tinto Limited:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Paul Skinner
Paul Skinner
Chairman
November 2008
/s/ Tom Albanese
Tom Albanese
Chief executive
November 2008
/s/ Guy Elliott
Guy Elliott
Finance director
November 2008
/s/ Dick Evans
Dick Evans
Executive director
November 2008
/s/ Sir David Clementi
Sir David Clementi
Non executive director
November 2008
Vivienne Cox
Non executive director
Jan du Plessis
Jan du Plessis
Non
executive director
November 2008
/s/ Sir Rod Eddington
Sir Rod Eddington
Non executive director
November 2008
/s/ Michael Fitzpatrick
Michael Fitzpatrick
Non executive director
November 2008
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Signature
Title
Date
Yves Fortier
Non executive director
Richard Goodmanson
Non executive director
Andrew Gould
Non executive director
Lord Kerr of Kinlochard
Non executive director
/s/ David Mayhew
David Mayhew
Non executive director
November 2008
Paul Tellier
Non executive director
/s/ Shannon Crompton
Shannon Crompton
Authorized Representative in
the United States of America
12 December 2008
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EXHIBITS
The following are filed at exhibits to this registration statement:
4.1
Constitution of Rio Tinto Limited (ACN 004 458 404) (as adopted by special resolution passed
on 24 May 2000 and amended by special resolution on 18 April 2002, 29 April 2005, 27 April
2007 and 24 April 2008), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Rio Tinto plc's
and Rio Tinto Limited's registration statement on Form S-8 filed as of same date (File No.
1-10533).
4.2
Rules of the Rio Tinto Limited Share Savings Plan.
5.1
Opinion of Mr Graham Reid, Chief Counsel, Rio Tinto Limited, as to the validity of the newly
issued shares.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms to the incorporation of the audit
report relating to the Rio Tinto Group by reference.
23.2
Consent of Independent Auditors to the incorporation of the audit report relating to Minera
Escondida Limitada by reference.
24.
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this registration statement).