Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
13 April 2007

Rio Tinto plc



13 April 2007



                     Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ('SOP')



The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved trust arrangement, operated through Capita
AESOP Trustees Limited, under which employees are able to purchase ordinary
shares in the Company of 10p each ('ordinary shares'), using monthly deductions
from salary, and are allocated an equivalent number of free ordinary shares ('
matching shares').



On 13 April 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 12 April 2007 in London,
the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a
price of £31.0985 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of
charge:


                             No. of shares        Total ordinary      Percentage of issued share
                               acquired                                        capital
                                                   shares held
Director
G.R. Elliott                       8                         48,069            0.00478%

PDMRs
K.Johnson                          8                         18,779           0.001867%
A.V.Lawless                        8                          8,521           0.000847%
A.Mackenzie                        8                         40,492           0.004026%
M.Merton                           8                          3,491           0.000347%
A. Vickerman                       8                          5,454           0.000542%



The above directors/PDMRs also have an interest in 864 shares as potential
beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial
Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.





Enquiries:              Laura Jackson

                        Secretarial Assistant

                        Rio Tinto plc

                        Tel: [phone]






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