Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
06 August 2007


SHAREHOLDINGS OF DIRECTORS AND PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY 


On Monday 6 August 2007 Rio Tinto plc was notified that the following Directors
and/or persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') had completed
transactions under the Rio Tinto America Savings Plan, to acquire or dispose of
units in the Rio Tinto plc Stock Fund. Each unit represents one ADR and each ADR
represents four Ordinary shares of 10p each in Rio Tinto plc. 
These are non-discretionary transactions. 

Director/PDMR    Date and place of     No. of units       Price per unit
                 transaction           acquired           (US$) 

Mr B.K. Clayton  1 August 2007,        0.040              278.05
                 New York

In addition, on 3 August 2007 in New York, Mr Clayton purchased 160 ADRs at a
price of US$272.53 per ADR. 

Following this notification the total holdings of ordinary shares of 10p
(including Stock Fund units, ADRs and ordinary shares) and the total percentage
holding for Mr Clayton is 8,015.736 (0.00075%).

Mr Clayton also has an interest in 873 shares as potential beneficiaries of the
Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust. 

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


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





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