Director Shareholding-Amdmt.

Rio Tinto PLC
27 November 2000




RIO TINTO PLC - Mr GORDON SAGE
NOTIFICATION OF DIRECTORS INTERESTS

Further to a notification, dated 29 September 2000,(RNS Number 7967R), options
totalling 1798 shares, held under the Company's Share Save Plan had been
included in the personal holding in error.

The total holding should be 382,989 shares broken down as follows.

Mr G H Sage                50,434
Rio Tinto Trustees Ltd      2,614
PEP                           332
HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Ltd   329,609*

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