Director Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
19 December 2002

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS


1)        Name of company

Rio Tinto plc

2)  Name of director

Sir Richard Sykes

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)

Sir Richard Sykes

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

Purchase of shares under the Company's Dividend Reinvestment Plan

7)  Number of shares/amount of
    stock acquired

44 & 38


8)  Percentage of issued class

Minimal

9)  Number of shares/amount
    of stock disposed

n/a

10) Percentage of issued class

n/a

11) Class of security

Ordinary Shares of 10p each

12) Price per share

44 - £13.886
38 - £10.9875


13) Date of transaction

44 - 22 April 2002
38 - 20 September 2002


14) Date company informed

18 December 2002

15) Total holding following this notification

2,294

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

Minimal

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

17) Date of grant

n/a

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

n/a

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

n/a

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

n/a

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

n/a

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

n/a

23) Any additional information



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...19 December 2002...............................




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange