Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
02 July 2007

Rio Tinto plc

2 July 2007





 SHARE INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY





On 2 July 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 28 June 2007 in London, the
following Directors as listed below acquired Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares at a
price of £37.4431 per share:




Director                                               No. of shares

Sir David Clementi                                     26
Ms Vivienne Cox                                        26
Mr Richard Goodmanson                                  133





These are non-discretionary purchases.



Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p and the
total percentage holdings for Sir David Clementi, Ms Cox and Mr Goodmanson are
334 (0.000033%),  718 (0.000072%) and 1,761 (0.000176%) respectively.



This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
(a) and DTR 3.1.4 R (1)(b).





Enquiries:        Laura Jackson
                  Secretarial Assistant
                  Rio Tinto plc
                  Tel: [phone]




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