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Rio Tinto plc <br />2 Eastbourne Terrace <br />London W2 6LG <br />United Kingdom <br />T +44 (0) 20 7781 2000 <br />F +44 (0) 20 7781 1800 <br />Media release <br />Rio Tinto completes divestment of Colowyo Mine <br />1 December 2011 <br />Rio Tinto has completed the divestment of its Colowyo Mine, a thermal coal mine located <br />in western Colorado, to Western Fuels- Colorado LLC. The parties agreed the sale on 16 <br />September 2011 and its terms are confidential. <br />The transaction represents the completion of Rio Tinto's divestment of all US thermal <br />coal mines previously held by its wholly -owned subsidiary, Rio Tinto Energy America Inc. <br />Since 2008, Rio Tinto has completed more than 20 divestments with total gross proceeds <br />in excess of US$11 billion. <br />About Rio Tinto <br />Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK, combining Rio <br />Tinto plc, a London and New York Stock Exchange listed company, and Rio Tinto <br />Limited, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. <br />Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining, and processing mineral resources. Major products <br />are aluminium, copper, diamonds, thermal and metallurgical coal, uranium, gold, <br />industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide and salt) and iron ore. Activities span the <br />world and are strongly represented in Australia and North America with significant <br />businesses in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America. <br />About Western Fuels Colorado, LLC <br />Western Fuels- Colorado is majority owned by Tri -State Generation and Transmission <br />Association, Colorado -based not - for - profit wholesale power supplier. Western Fuels - <br />Colorado is an affiliate of Western Fuels Association, a not - for - profit cooperative that <br />supplies coal and transportation services to consumer -owned cooperative and municipal <br />electric utilities throughout the Great Plains, Rocky Mountain and Southwest region; <br />Western Fuels- Colorado supplies coal under contract to Tri- State. <br />Cont.../ <br />