2024FormSD_250424ConflictMinerals

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report


Commission file number: 001-10533	Commission file number: 001-34121
Rio Tinto plc	Rio Tinto Limited
	ABN 96 004 458 404
(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)	(Exact name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
6 St James’s Square	Level 43, 120 Collins Street
London, SW1Y 4AD, United Kingdom	Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Address of principal executive offices)

Julie Parent, T: 514-848-8519

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person

to contact in connection with this report)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the

period to which the information in this form applies:

X Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from

January 1 to December 31, 2024.

___ Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13q-1) for the reporting period from

January 1 to December 31, 2024.

Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure

This Specialized Disclosure Form (“Form SD”) of Rio Tinto plc and Rio Tinto Limited (hereafter “Rio

Tinto”) is being filed in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Act of 1934 (“Rule”) for the

reporting period ending December 31, 2024. The Rule imposes disclosure requirements of certain

information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which the Conflict

Minerals (defined below) are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The term

“Conflict Minerals” means cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite and their

derivatives which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten.

Rio Tinto finds, mines, processes and supplies metals and minerals. Our products include aluminum,

copper, iron ore, and industrial minerals (borates, titanium dioxide, iron ore pellets and concentrate

and salt), as well as diamonds, scandium, lithium, metallic powders, gold, silver, sulfuric acid and

molybdenum.

Rio Tinto undertook an assessment of all of its products and identified one subsidiary of Rio Tinto that is

within the scope of the Rule: Kennecott Utah Copper LLC (“Kennecott”).

Based on a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”), Rio Tinto has no reason to believe that the

Conflict Minerals contained in its products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an

adjoining country (“Covered Countries”).

Kennecott

Kennecott is based in the United States of America and produces gold bars. Kennecott’s gold production

is certified by the London Bullion Market Association Responsible Gold Certificate. As part of

Kennecott’s raw materials purchasing procedure to produce gold bars, a component of the chain

custody management system requires that all purchased copper concentrate and gold slime materials

have a certificate of origin. Kennecott has used this data to complete the RCOI and confirm that gold

used in Kennecott’s gold bars did not originate in the Covered Countries. Kennecott is listed on the

Responsible Minerals Initiative Conflict Free Gold Refiners List (CID000969) as compliant with the

relevant Responsible Minerals Assurance Process.

In accordance with Rule, the Form SD is posted on Rio Tinto’s web site at https://www.riotinto.com/

en/invest/reports

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this

report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorised.