Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
14 March 2007

Rio Tinto plc

14 March 2007

                     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 March 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 12 March 2007 in London,
the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a
price of £27.1488 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of
charge:


                             No. of shares        Total ordinary      Percentage of issued share
                               acquired                                        capital
                                                   shares held
Director
G.R. Elliott                       8                  48,061                  0.004774%

PDMRs
K.Johnson                         10                  18,771                  0.001865%
A.V.Lawless                       10                  8,513                   0.000846%
A.Mackenzie                        8                  40,484                  0.004022%
M.Merton                          10                  3,483                   0.000346%
A. Vickerman                      10                  5,446                   0.000541%



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:        Mrs A V Lawless
                  Company Secretary
                  Rio Tinto plc
                  Tel: [phone]



Rio Tinto plc

14 March 2007



                    Rio Tinto Share Option Plan ('SOP') and
              Rio Tinto Mining Companies Comparative Plan ('MCCP')
                    Rio Tinto Management Share Plan ('MSP')


The SOP is a discretionary share option plan under which eligible employees are
granted an option to purchase a number of Rio Tinto plc shares in the future at
a price set at the date of grant provided certain performance conditions are
met.



The MCCP is a performance share plan which provides participants with the
conditional right, subject to performance conditions being met, to receive
shares in the Company of 10p each ('ordinary shares').



The MSP is a restricted share plan for senior employees below director and
product group chief executive ('PGCE') level. Under the Plan, eligible employees
may receive a conditional award of shares which will vest, wholly or partly,
when performance conditions have been satisfied.



On 13 March 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 13 March 2007 in London,
the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company were each granted options over ordinary
shares at a price of £27.012 under the Rio Tinto Share Option Plan 2004. In
addition, conditional share awards over ordinary shares under the MCCP at a
price fixed at time of vesting were awarded, as detailed in the table below:


                          No. of options acquired   No. of conditional share awards    No. of conditional share awards
                                 under SOP                                                 acquired under the MSP
                                                        acquired under the MCCP
Tom Albanese                      66,186*                        44,124                               0
Preston Chiaro                     38,519                        22,679                               0
Bret Clayton                       33,850                        22,566                               0
Guy Elliott                        44,052                        30,837                               0
Keith Johnson                      28,294                        19,805                               0
Andrew Mackenzie                   31,159                        21,811                               0
Anette Lawless                     5,598                         5,598                              2,000
Michael Merton                     9,598                         9,598                              2,500
Andy Vickerman                     9,491                         9,184                              2,500

* includes 1,110 approved share options under the Rio Tinto U.K. Approved Share
Option Plan 2004

The period during which the SOP options granted in 2007, as above, may be
exercised is 7 March 2010 and 7 March 2017. Conditional awards under the MCCP
are subject to performance conditions and the performance period ends on 31
December 2010.




Total number of shares over which options are held following notification:
                             Rio Tinto         Rio Tinto     Total share options     MCCP       MSP         Total
                                                                                                         conditional
                         Share Savings Plan      Share                                                   share awards
                                              Option Plan
Tom Albanese                    791             668,862*           669,653         201,097       0         201,097
Preston Chiaro                  298             260,970            261,268         149,207       0         149,207
Bret Clayton                     0               69,471            69,471           58,187       0          58,187
Guy Elliott                    1,431            407,914            408,625         174,138       0         174,138
Keith Johnson                   456             157,600            158,056         110,256       0         110,256
Andrew Mackenzie               1,021            126,947            127,968         105,132       0         105,132
Anette Lawless                  593              33,650            34,243           33,650     2,000        35,650
Michael Merton                   0               53,049            53,049           53,049     2,500        55,549
Andy Vickerman                 1,431             54,424            55,855           43,045     2,500        45,545

* includes 1,110 approved share options under the Rio Tinto U.K. Approved Share
Option Plan 2004

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:        Mrs A V Lawless
                  Company Secretary
                  Rio Tinto plc
                  Tel: [phone]



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