This presentation includes “forward-looking statements” within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All
statements other than statements of historical facts included in this
report, including, without limitation, those regarding Rio Tinto’s
financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of
management for future operations (including development plans and
objectives relating to Rio Tinto’s products, production forecasts and
reserve and resource positions), are forward-looking statements. The
words “intend”, “aim”, “project”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “plan”,
“believes”, “expects”, “may”, “should”, “will”, “target”, “set to” or
similar expressions, commonly identify such forward-looking
statements.
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of Rio Tinto, or industry results, to be
materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Such forward-looking statements are based on numerous assumptions
regarding Rio Tinto’s present and future business strategies and the
environment in which Rio Tinto will operate in the future. Among the
important factors that could cause Rio Tinto’s actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: an inability
to live up to Rio Tinto’s values and any resultant damage to its
reputation; the impacts of geopolitics on trade and investment; the
impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future; an
inability to successfully execute and/or realise value from acquisitions
and divestments; the level of new ore resources, including the results
of exploration programmes and/or acquisitions; disruption to strategic
partnerships that play a material role in delivering growth, production,
cash or market positioning; damage to Rio Tinto’s relationships with
communities and governments; an inability to attract and retain
requisite skilled people; declines in commodity prices and adverse
exchange rate movements; an inability to raise sufficient funds for
capital investment; inadequate estimates of ore resources and reserves;
delays or overruns of large and complex projects; changes in tax
regulation; safety incidents or major hazard events; cyber breaches;
physical impacts from climate change; the impacts of water scarcity;
natural disasters; an inability to successfully manage the closure,
reclamation and rehabilitation of sites; the impacts of civil unrest;
the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic; breaches of Rio Tinto’s policies,
standard and procedures, laws or regulations; trade tensions between the
world’s major economies; increasing societal and investor expectations,
in particular with regard to environmental, social and governance
considerations; the impacts of technological advancements; and such
other risks identified in Rio Tinto’s most recent Annual Report and
accounts in Australia and the United Kingdom and the most recent Annual
Report on Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the “SEC”) or Form 6-Ks furnished to, or filed with, the
SEC. Forward-looking statements should, therefore, be construed in light
of such risk factors and undue reliance should not be placed on
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date of this report. Rio Tinto expressly disclaims any
obligation or undertaking (except as required by applicable law, the UK
Listing Rules, the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the
Financial Conduct Authority and the Listing Rules of the Australian
Securities Exchange) to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Rio
Tinto’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events,
conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
Reference to consensus figures are not based on Rio Tinto’s own
opinions, estimates or forecasts and are compiled and published without
comment from, or endorsement or verification by, Rio Tinto. The
consensus figures do not necessarily reflect guidance provided from time
to time by Rio Tinto where given in relation to equivalent metrics,
which to the extent available can be found on the Rio Tinto website.
By referencing consensus figures, Rio Tinto does not imply that it
endorses, confirms or expresses a view on the consensus figures. The
consensus figures are provided for informational purposes only and are
not intended to, nor do they, constitute investment advice or any
solicitation to buy, hold or sell securities or other financial
instruments. No warranty or representation, either express or implied,
is made by Rio Tinto or its affiliates, or their respective directors,
officers and employees, in relation to the accuracy, completeness or
achievability of the consensus figures and, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, no responsibility or liability is accepted by any of
those persons in respect of those matters. Rio Tinto assumes no
obligation to update, revise or supplement the consensus figures to
reflect circumstances existing after the date hereof.
