Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
19 February 2008




Rio Tinto plc

19 February 2008



              Rio Tinto Mining Companies Comparative Plan ('MCCP')



The MCCP is 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').



On 19 February 2008 the following executive directors and persons discharging
managerial responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each received ordinary shares
at a price of £54.9300:




                             No. of shares acquired    Total ordinary     Percentage of issued share capital
                                                         shares held
T.  Albanese                         11,688                56,658                     0.005679%
G.  Elliott                          10,644                59,678                     0.005982%
K. Johnson                           6,274                 25,206                     0.002526%



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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