\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Forward-looking statements<\/p>\n
This report includes \u201cforward-looking statements\u201d within the meaning of the Private Securities <\/p>\n
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in <\/p>\n
this report, including, without limitation, those regarding Rio Tinto\u2019s financial position, business <\/p>\n
strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations (including development plans <\/p>\n
and objectives relating to Rio Tinto\u2019s products, production forecasts and reserve and resource <\/p>\n
positions), are forward-looking statements. The words \u201cintend\u201d, \u201caim\u201d, \u201cproject\u201d, \u201canticipate\u201d, <\/p>\n
\u201cestimate\u201d, \u201cplan\u201d, \u201cbelieves\u201d, \u201cexpects\u201d, \u201cmay\u201d, \u201cshould\u201d, \u201cwill\u201d, \u201ctarget\u201d, \u201cset to\u201d or similar <\/p>\n
expressions, commonly identify such forward-looking statements.<\/p>\n
Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other <\/p>\n
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Rio Tinto, or industry <\/p>\n
results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed <\/p>\n
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on <\/p>\n
numerous assumptions regarding Rio Tinto\u2019s present and future business strategies and the <\/p>\n
environment in which Rio Tinto will operate in the future. Among the important factors that could <\/p>\n
cause Rio Tinto\u2019s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the <\/p>\n
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: an inability to live up to Rio Tinto\u2019s <\/p>\n
values and any resultant damage to its reputation; the impacts of geopolitics on trade and <\/p>\n
investment; the impacts of climate change and the transition to a low-carbon future; an inability to <\/p>\n
successfully execute and\/or realise value from acquisitions and divestments; the level of new ore <\/p>\n
resources, including the results of exploration programmes and\/or acquisitions; disruption to <\/p>\n
strategic partnerships that play a material role in delivering growth, production, cash or market <\/p>\n
positioning; damage to Rio Tinto\u2019s relationships with communities and governments; an inability to <\/p>\n
attract and retain requisite skilled people; declines in commodity prices and adverse exchange <\/p>\n
rate movements; an inability to raise sufficient funds for capital investment; inadequate estimates <\/p>\n
of ore resources and reserves; delays or overruns of large and complex projects; changes in tax <\/p>\n
regulation; safety incidents or major hazard events; cyber breaches; physical impacts from climate <\/p>\n
change; the impacts of water scarcity;\u00a0 natural disasters; an inability to successfully manage the <\/p>\n
closure, reclamation and rehabilitation of sites; the impacts of civil unrest; the impacts of the global <\/p>\n
pandemics; breaches of Rio Tinto\u2019s policies, standard and procedures, laws or regulations; trade <\/p>\n
tensions between the world\u2019s major economies; increasing societal and investor expectations, in <\/p>\n
particular with regard to environmental, social and governance considerations; the impacts of <\/p>\n
technological advancements; and such other risks identified in Rio Tinto\u2019s 2025 Form 20-F filed <\/p>\n
with the SEC. Forward-looking statements should, therefore, be construed in light of such risk <\/p>\n
factors and undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. These forward-<\/p>\n
looking statements speak only as of the date of this report. Rio Tinto expressly disclaims any <\/p>\n
obligation or undertaking (except as required by applicable law, the UK Listing Rules, the <\/p>\n
Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Listing <\/p>\n
Rules of the Australian Securities Exchange) to release publicly any updates or revisions to any <\/p>\n
forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect any change in Rio Tinto\u2019s expectations with <\/p>\n
regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement <\/p>\n
is based.<\/p>\n
Nothing in this report should be interpreted to mean that future earnings per share of Rio Tinto plc <\/p>\n
or Rio Tinto Limited will necessarily match or exceed its historical published earnings per share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Forward-looking statements This report includes \u201cforward-looking statements\u201d within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[20718],"tags":[39588,24840,21219,7939,39587,21221,21997,21078,12991,39589],"class_list":["post-92948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rio-tinto","tag-2026-h1-earnings","tag-aluminium","tag-copper","tag-free-cash-flow","tag-half-year-results","tag-iron-ore","tag-lithium","tag-rio","tag-rio-tinto","tag-underlying-ebitda"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117003355635819243","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}