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9% YoY CuEq growth from our three value-generating, world-leading businesses

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 糖心vlog入口Chief Executive Simon Trott said: 鈥淪afety is the foundation of our business. The tragic loss of two colleagues this year, at Simandou and Kennecott, is a stark reminder that we must ensure everyone goes home safely at the end of every shift.

鈥淥perating excellence drove 9% YoY copper equivalent¹ production growth across our portfolio as the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine continues to ramp up as planned and our integrated aluminium business, again, delivered a strong performance. Our Pilbara iron ore mines performed strongly, while shipments were impacted by two cyclones in the quarter. We achieved the historic land exchange at Resolution Copper, with our project team focused on unlocking the next phase of one of the world鈥檚 largest untapped copper deposits.

鈥淭he unmatchable mix and scale of our portfolio has ensured growth and supply chain resilience against changing operating conditions as we continue to closely monitor the evolving situation in the Middle East. Our stronger, sharper, simpler way of working is enabling us to move at pace to achieve productivity benefits across the business. The first $650m of annualised benefits is now fully implemented, as promised, with substantially more underway.鈥�

Executive Summary

• Operational excellence: 9% YoY increase in copper equivalent (CuEq)¹ production.
• Copper: Production rose 9% YoY, supported by the continued successful ramp-up of Oyu Tolgoi. Drilling at Resolution is now underway following completion of the land exchange in March.
• Iron ore: Second highest Q1 Pilbara production since 2018, up 13% YoY, with sales up 2% YoY. Tropical cyclones impacted Pilbara shipments by approximately 8 Mt, with around half expected to be recovered. The first full SimFer shipment of high-grade Simandou product was successfully delivered to China with first sales realised in April.
• Aluminium: Strength and agility again demonstrated across our integrated value chain, offsetting weather-related disruptions in bauxite.
• Lithium: Fenix 1B and Sal de Vida achieved mechanical completion as planned, with first production on track for H2 2026.

Safety

Safety remains our highest priority. We are sharpening our focus on safety at every level, simplifying and strengthening our standards to concentrate on what matters most, reinforced by discipline in compliance. Central to this is a renewed focus on critical risk management - ensuring that the controls designed to prevent fatalities are clearly understood, consistently applied and personally owned by leaders.

Following the tragic fatalities at Simandou and Kennecott during the quarter, both operations were immediately shut down and progressively restarted once conditions allowed. At the Kennecott underground project, a staged restart commenced from 16 April.

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This announcement is authorised for release to the market by Andy Hodges, Rio Tinto鈥檚 Group Company Secretary.

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