Directors' Dealings

Rio Tinto PLC
7 March 2000


LETTER TO: COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE


Directors' Interests

We wish to advise you that the following conditional share awards under the
Mining Companies Comparative Plan (MCCP) and grant of options under the Rio
Tinto share option plan 1998 (SOP) were made on 7 March 2000.


Director         MCCP         SOP @ £9.654         Total Number of Shares under
                               per share           Option following this Grant
R P Wilson      50,191          114,046                      369,990
R Adams         27,830           63,238                      208,277
C R H Bull      27,352           62,150                      202,270
J C A Leslie    21,574           49,021                      160,441
G H Sage        21,881           49,720                      164,107


The grant of conditional awards and the grant of options were for nil
consideration.  Both vesting of the conditional awards and options which become
exercisable between 7 March 2003 and 7 March 2010 are subject to the performance
conditions set out the rules of the respective schemes.