Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
14 February 2007

Rio Tinto plc


14 February 2007


SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY

On 14 February 2007 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.


1. Date and place of transaction: 2 February 2007, New York:

Director/PDMR                      No. of units acquired    Price per unit (US$)

Mr P. Chiaro                       9.84                     213.519


Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p
(including Stock Fund units, ADRs and ordinary shares) and the total percentage
holdings for Mr Chiaro are 60,946.684 (0.0005994%) respectively.

Mr Chiaro also has an interest in 864 shares as a potential beneficiary of the
Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust.


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



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





Rio Tinto plc

14 February 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 February 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 12 February 2007 in
London, the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a
price of £27.0248 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of
charge:


                     No. of shares        Total ordinary    Percentage of issued 
                       acquired            shares held          share capital
Director
G.R. Elliott              10                  48,053               0.004726%

PDMRs
K.Johnson                  8                  17,556               0.001727%
A.V.Lawless                8                  8,503                0.000836%
A.Mackenzie               10                  40,478               0.003981%
M.Merton                   8                  3,473                0.000342%
A. Vickerman               8                  5,436                0.000535%



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








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