Director Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
6 March 2001


Director's Interests

We wish to advise you that the following conditional share awards under the
Mining Companies Comparative Plan (MCCP) and grant of options under the Rio
Tinto share option plan 1998 (SOP) were made on 6 March 2001.


Director        MCCP      SOP @ £12.656           Total Number of Shares under
                            per share              Option following this Grant

R P Wilson    49,796         304,480                        674,221

R Adams       27,330         100,268                        308,545

C R H Bull    27,136          99,557                        301,827

J C A Leslie  21,192          77,749                        238,190


The grant of conditional awards and the grant of options were for nil
consideration. Both vesting of the conditional awards and options which become
exercisable between 6 March 2004 and 6 March 2011 are subject to the performance
conditions set out in the rules of the respective schemes.