Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
18 January 2008

Rio Tinto plc

18 January 2008



                     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 17 January 2008, Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 15 January 2008 in
London, the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a
price of £50.3500 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
Director
G.R. Elliott                           6                   49,006                     0.00457201

PDMRs
K Johnson                              4                   18,928                     0.00176589





The above directors/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:        Louise Brennan
                  Secretarial Assistant
                  Rio Tinto plc
                  Tel: [phone]



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