---
title: "RIO TINTO MINING AND EXPLORATION LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d3febad-54ab-5b8a-899e-637d936cfa58
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3d3febad-54ab-5b8a-899e-637d936cfa58
identifier: oo:GB-COH-01305702
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# RIO TINTO MINING AND EXPLORATION LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-01305702`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d3febad-54ab-5b8a-899e-637d936cfa58  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3d3febad-54ab-5b8a-899e-637d936cfa58  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **RIO TINTO METALS LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8b0a5014-4096-5283-a9c2-f7d0f90e92c1
- **Rio Tinto Metals Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a3d033cf-67f8-4b60-b1b4-8e9761489d92

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **8-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `01305702`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1977-03-30
- **Registered office:** 6 St James's Square, London, SW1Y 4AD
- **SIC:** 72190

### Officers

- [RIO TINTO SECRETARIAT LIMITED](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8ef7be37-be97-55b2-8ae5-5dc98dd99f64) — corporate secretary · appointed 2017-05-05
- BESWICK, Jonathan Guy — director · British · appointed 2013-11-05
- BRACKNER, Daniel Linton — director · American · appointed 2018-12-21
- BRION, Arnaud Jean-François Christophe — director · French · appointed 2012-09-17
- TAINTON, Kenneth Melbourne, Dr — director · British · appointed 2010-01-01
- ALDRIDGE, Gemma Jane Constance — secretary · appointed 2010-04-01 · resigned 2014-12-12
- BELL, Keith Charles — secretary · British · appointed 1998-01-31 · resigned 1998-02-18
- DAY, Helen Christine — secretary · appointed 2014-12-12 · resigned 2017-05-05
- DOWDING, Roger Peter — secretary · British · appointed 1998-02-18 · resigned 2010-03-31
- LLOYD-DAVIS, Glynne Christian — secretary · British · resigned 1998-01-30
- ALBANESE, Thomas — director · United States Citizen · appointed 2004-09-10 · resigned 2007-04-30
- ALBANESE, Thomas — director · British · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 1998-03-16
- ALGAR, Clive Alfred — director · South African · appointed 1995-10-19 · resigned 1997-12-12
- ANDREWS, Stephen John, Doctor — director · Australian · appointed 2001-10-19 · resigned 2003-01-28
- BAILEY, Donald Charles — director · Zimbabwean · resigned 1993-06-06
- BAVIN, Julian Richard Frank — director · British · appointed 1998-03-16 · resigned 2009-10-30
- BUTTON, Thomas David — director · British · resigned 1996-09-30
- COLLIER, John — director · Australian · resigned 1997-06-20
- DAVIES, Michael John — director · British · resigned 1997-12-30
- DE SILVA, Ashley Beverley Cyril — director · British · resigned 1995-06-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Rio Tinto Metals Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a3d033cf-67f8-4b60-b1b4-8e9761489d92) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01305702
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01305702

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **RIO TINTO MINING AND EXPLORATION LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d3febad-54ab-5b8a-899e-637d936cfa58 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **RIO TINTO MINING AND EXPLORATION LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3d3febad-54ab-5b8a-899e-637d936cfa58 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/3d3febad-54ab-5b8a-899e-637d936cfa58._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._