Director Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
22 January 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1)  Name of company

Rio Tinto plc

2)  Name of director

Guy R Elliott

3)  Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
    holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of
a non-beneficial interest

As in (2) above

4)  Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
    number of shares held by each of them (if notified)

Mr G R Elliott                 24,415

Rio Tinto Trustees Limited      1,065

* HSBC Trustees (CI) Limited      197,905

5)  Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected
    with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s)

n/a

6)  Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions
    please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non
    discretionary

Appointment of director - notification of interests.

Notification includes option and conditional share award information in addition
to information contained in the notification made on 21 January 2002

7)  Number of shares/amount of
    stock acquired

n/a

8)  Percentage of issued class

n/a

9)  Number of shares/amount
    of stock disposed

n/a

10) Percentage of issued class

n/a

11) Class of security

n/a

12) Price per share

n/a

13) Date of transaction

n/a

14) Date company informed

n/a

15) Total holding following this notification

223,385

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

0.02%

If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the
following boxes

17) Date of grant

Rio Tinto Share Savings Plan

23 April 1998



Rio Tinto Share Option Plan

27 May 1998

12 March 1999

7 March 2000

6 March 2001



Mining Companies Comparative Plan

1 January 1998

1 January 1999

1 January 2000

1 January 2001



18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

Rio Tinto Share Savings Plan
1 August 2003 and 31 January 2004



Rio Tinto Share Option Plan

27 May 2001 and 27 May 2008

12 March 2002 and 12 March 2009

7 March 2003 and 7 March 2010

6 March 2004 and 6 March 2011



Mining Companies Comparative Plan

Conditional share awards made under the Mining Companies Comparative Plan are
subject to performance conditions and the performance period ends:

31 December 2001

31 December 2002

31 December 2003

31 December 2004



Shares will vest subject to the agreement of the Company.


19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option

Rio Tinto Share Savings Plan

Nil consideration



Rio Tinto Share Option Plan

Nil consideration



Mining Companies Comparative Plan

Nil consideration



20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number

Ordinary shares of 10p

21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price
    is to be fixed at time of exercise

Rio Tinto Share Savings Plan

641p per share



Rio Tinto Share Option Plan

820p per share

808.8p per share

965.4p per share
1265.6p per share


Mining Companies Comparative Plan

Price fixed at time of vesting


22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held
    following this notification

Rio Tinto Share Savings Plan

2,691



Rio Tinto Share Option Plan

8,292

8,645

11,420
13,432



Total options 44,480



Mining Companies Comparative Plan

4,335

5,680

4,307

7,845



Total conditional share awards 22,167


23) Any additional information

* Interest in these shares as a potential beneficiary of the Rio Tinto Employee
Share Ownership Trust

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

M J Whyte 020 7753 2317

25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
    making this notification




B G Gale
    Date of Notification......22 January 2002............................





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