Director Shareholding

Rio Tinto PLC
05 March 2003





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Regulatory News Service

London Stock Exchange

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London

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5 March 2003




Dear Sirs


DIRECTORS' INTERESTS


FTSE Plan


In 1994 a share based long term incentive plan, the FTSE Plan, was introduced to
replace the Executive Share Option Scheme 1985.  Under the rules of the Plan,
directors were given benchmark awards and the Company's performance has meant
that directors are now entitled to a proportion  of the shares conditionally
benchmarked in 1997 as detailed below:


Name          Number of   Number of   Value per share  Number of     Shareholding
              shares      shares      @ close of       shares        following vesting
              vesting     lapsed      business         retained
                                      28 Feb'03

Sir Robert    40,058      20,025      £12.685          24,035        138,199
Wilson

R Adams       24,383      12,189      £12.685          14,630        71,269

G R Elliott   2,613       2,612       £12.685          1,568         30,505

J C A Leslie  17,417      8,706       £12.685          10,450        55,376





Mining Companies Comparative Plan (MCCP)



In May 1998 the shareholders of Rio Tinto plc approved a share based long term
incentive plan, the MCCP.  Under the rules of the Plan, directors were given
conditional awards of shares and the Company's subsequent performance meant that
directors are entitled to the full amount of shares conditionally awarded in
1999 as detailed below:


Name               Number of   Value per share @  Number of shares Interest in         Shareholding
                   shares      close of business  retained         conditional awards  following vesting
                   vesting     28 Feb '03                          under the Company's
                                                                   LTIPs

Sir Robert Wilson  66,246      £12.685            Nil              147,970             138,199

R Adams            37,246      £12.685            Nil              80,224              71,269

G R Elliott        5,680       £12.685            Nil              29,087              30,505

J C A Leslie       28,479      £12.685            Nil              62,524              55,376





In addition, each of the above directors are deemed to have an interest in
21,827 Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares as potential beneficiaries of the Rio Tinto
Employee Share Ownership Trust.



If you have any queries on this announcement please contact Matthew Whyte 020
7753 2317.



Yours faithfully



B G Gale
Assistant Secretary


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