Director Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
11 March 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 11

          NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS

1) Name of company

Rio Tinto plc

2) Name of director

Mr G 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                  42,402
Rio Tinto Trustees              606
ISA                             504

Mr G R Elliott also has an interest in 814 shares as a potential beneficiary of
the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust

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 Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan
Grant of options under the Rio Tinto Share Option Plan 2004
Grant of conditional share awards under the Mining Companies Comparative Plan
2004('MCCP')


7) Number of shares/amount of
stock acquired


14

8) Percentage of issued class      minimal


9) Number of shares/amount
of stock disposed


10) Percentage of issued class


11) Class of security  Ordinary shares of 10p each

12) Price per share
    £18.1090

13) Date of transaction
    10 March 2005

14) Date company informed
    10 March 2005

15) Total holding following this notification
    43,512

16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
     0.004%

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

17) Date of grant

Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - 9 March 2005
MCCP - 9 March 2005

18) Period during which or date on which exercisable

Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - 9 March 2008 and 8 March 2015


MCCP - Conditional share awards under the MCCP are subject to performance
conditions and the performance period ends 31 December 2008.

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

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

Ordinary shares of 10p

Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - 72,972

MCCP - 51,081

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


Rio Tinto Share Option Plan - £18.262

MCCP - 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 -    1,431

Rio Tinto Share Option Plan -     323,001

Total options -                   324,432

MCCP -                            142,489

Total conditional share awards - 142,489

23) Any additional information

24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Julie Mead 020 7753 2116

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

M J Whyte


Date of Notification......11 March 2005




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