Director Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
22 February 2005





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Regulatory News Service
London Stock Exchange
Old Broad Street
London
EC2M 1HP


22 February 2005



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

Mr G R Elliott is entitled to a 12.5% payout of the total conditional awarded
shares originally made in 2001:

                                                 Value per                       Interest in
Conditional     Number of      Number of         share @           Number of     conditional          Shareholding
award           shares         shares            close             shares        awards under the     following
granted in      vesting        lapsing           of business       retained      Company's            vesting
2001                                             21 Feb '05                      LTIPs
                     

7,845           980            6,865             1759p             578           91,408               43,498





In addition, Mr Elliott is deemed to have an interest in 814 Rio Tinto plc
ordinary shares as a potential beneficiary 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



A V Lawless
Secretary


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