Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
12 March 2008

Rio Tinto plc

12 March 2008



                     Rio Tinto Share Ownership Plan ('SOP')



The SOP is an Inland Revenue approved Share Incentive Plan (SIP), 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 12 March 2008, Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 11 March 2008 in London,
the following persons discharging managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the
Company each purchased ordinary shares at a price of £53.2000 and were allocated
the same number of matching shares, free of charge:


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

                                                         shares held
G.R. Elliott                           4                   59,682                      0.005982
K Johnson                              6                   25,212                      0.002527







The above PDMRs also have an interest in 879 shares as potential beneficiaries
of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust.

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Disclosure
and Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.



Enquiries:        Kerrene Nicholas
                  Secretarial Assistant
                  Rio Tinto plc
                  Tel: [phone]






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