Director/PDMR Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
21 November 2006


Rio Tinto plc

21 November 2006

                     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 21 November 2006 Rio Tinto plc was notified that, on 10 November 2006 in
London, the following executive directors and persons discharging managerial
responsibility ('PDMRs') of the Company each purchased ordinary shares at a
price of £29.2654 and were allocated the same number of matching shares, free of
charge:

                             No. of shares        Total ordinary      Percentage of issued share
                               acquired            shares held                 capital
Director
G.R. Elliott                       8                  48,023                  0.004673%

PDMRs
K.Johnson                          8                  17,528                  0.001706%
A.V.Lawless                        8                  8,475                   0.000825%
A.Mackenzie                        8                  40,448                  0.003936%
M.Merton                           8                  1,717                   0.000167%
A. Vickerman                       8                  5,408                   0.000526%


The above directors/PDMRs also have an interest in 864 shares as potential
beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto Employee Share Ownership Trust

This announcement is made in accordance with the requirements of the Financial
Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

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


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