Director Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
02 March 2004





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Regulatory News Service
London Stock Exchange
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2 March 2004



Dear Sirs



DIRECTORS' INTERESTS


Mining Companies Comparative Plan (MCCP)


In May 1998 the shareholders of Rio Tinto plc approved a share based long term
incentive plan, the MCCP.  Under the rules of the Plan, directors were given
conditional awards of shares and the Company's subsequent performance meant that
directors are entitled to the full amount of shares conditionally awarded in
2000 as detailed below:

Name            Number of                  Value per    Number of     Interest in      Beneficial
                shares                     share @      shares        conditional
                vesting                    close of     retained      awards under the Shareholding
                             Number        business 27                Company's LTIPs  following vesting
                             Of            Feb '04
                             Shares
                             lapsing

R Adams         17,393       10,437        1440.5p      Nil           79,231           71,800
G R Elliott     2,691        1,616         1440.5p      1,588         47,703           42,469



In addition, each of the above directors are deemed to have an interest in
22,442 Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares as potential beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto
Employee Share Ownership Trust.



If you have any queries on this announcement please contact Julie Mead 020 7753
2116.



Yours faithfully



B G Gale

Assistant Secretary


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