Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
13 September 2006

Rio Tinto plc

13 September 2006

                     Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ('SOP')

The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved trust arrangement, operated through Capita
AESOP Trustees Limited, under which employees are able to purchase ordinary
shares in the Company of 10p each ('ordinary shares'), using monthly deductions
from salary, and are allocated an equivalent number of free ordinary shares 
('matching shares').

On 13 September 2006 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 11 September 2006 in
London, the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a
price of £25.1146 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of
charge:

                        No. of shares     Total ordinary    Percentage of issued
                          acquired         shares held         share capital

Director
G.R. Elliott                   8               48,005              0.004618%

PDMRs
K.Johnson                     10               17,510              0.001684%
A.V.Lawless                   10               8,457               0.000814%
A.Mackenzie                   10               40,430              0.003889%
M.Merton                      10               1,699               0.000163%
A. Vickerman                  10               5,390               0.000519%


The above directors/PDMRs also have an interest in 864 shares as potential
beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust


This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial
Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.


Enquiries:        Louise Brennan
                  Secretarial Assistant
                  Rio Tinto plc
                  Tel: [phone]


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