Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
03 October 2007

Rio Tinto plc

3 October 2007





                          SHARE INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS

               AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY





On 3 October 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that on 2 October 2007 in London,
the following Directors as listed below acquired Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares
at a price of £42.7375 per share:




Director                                               No. of shares

Sir David Clementi                                     36
Ms Vivienne Cox                                        23
Mr Richard Goodmanson                                  117





These are non-discretionary purchases.



Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p and the
total percentage holdings for Sir David Clementi, Ms Cox and Mr Goodmanson are
431 (0.000043%),  803 (0.000081%) and 2,192 (0.000220%) respectively.



This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of DTR 3.1.4 R(1)
(a) and DTR 3.1.4 R (1)(b).





Enquiries:              Laura Jackson

                        Secretarial Assistant

                        Rio Tinto plc

                        Tel: [phone]






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