Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
10 January 2008



Rio Tinto plc

10 January 2008




SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

On 10 January 2008 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following Directors and/
or persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') had completed
transactions under the Rio Tinto America Savings Plan, to acquire or dispose of
units in the Rio Tinto plc Stock Fund.  Each unit represents one ADR and each
ADR represents four Ordinary shares of 10p each in Rio Tinto plc.  These are
non-discretionary transactions.



Director/PDMR            Date and place of       No. of units     Price per unit
                         transaction             acquired         (US$)

Mr B.K. Clayton          1 November 2007         0.036            361.913



Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p
(including Stock Fund units, ADRs and ordinary shares) and the total percentage
holding for Mr Clayton is 8,096.344 (0.00075535%).

Mr Clayton also has an interest in 879 shares as potential beneficiaries of the
Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust.

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:        Louise Brennan
                  Secretarial Assistant
                  Rio Tinto plc
                  Tel: [phone]



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