Rio Tinto Group Provides Production Guidance for the Year 2022

Rio Tinto plc is one of the world's leaders in mining research, prospecting and operating. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - iron ore (59%): 283.2 Mt produced in 2022; - aluminum, alumina and bauxite (24.9%): 54.6 Mt bauxite, 7.5 Mt alumina and 3 Mt aluminum produced; - copper (5.8%) : 521.1 Kt produced; - industrial minerals (4.8%): titanium dioxide pigments (1,200 Kt produced), borates (532 Kt produced) and salts (5.7 Mt produced); - diamonds (1.5%) : 4.7 million carats produced; - gold (1%) : 235,000 ounces produced; - other (3%): uranium, silver, zinc and molybdenum. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (0.3%), Europe (6.5%), China (54.3%), Japan (7.4%), Asia (7.1%), the United States (15.9%), Canada (3.1%), Australia (1.9%) and other (3.5%).