Rio Tinto PLC — Director's Dealing 2013

Mar 6, 2013

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Rio Tinto PLC

06 March 2013

Rio Tinto plc

Director/PDMR Shareholding

6 March 2013

RIO TINTO SHARE OPTION PLAN ("SOP")

The SOP is a discretionary share option plan under which eligible employees are granted an option to purchase a number of Rio Tinto plc ordinary shares of 10p each in the future at a price set at the date of grant provided certain performance conditions are met.

On 6 March 2013, Rio Tinto plc was notified that Guy Elliott, a person discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMR"), exercised options over ordinary shares originally granted on 7 March 2003.

No of Shares Acquired	Purchase Price per Share	No of Shares Sold	Sale Price per Share	Date of Trade	No of Shares Retained
47,154	£10.434	47,154	£33.80	5 March 2013	0

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

For further information, please contact:

Secretarial Department

Pat Sims

Office:  +44 (0)20 7781 1910

Website:   www.riotinto.com

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