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Anglo American PLC
04 January 2006


                       Anglo American PLC ("the Company")

Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 4 January 2006 the following non-executive
directors of the Company subscribed for ordinary shares of US$0.50 in the
capital of the Company ("Shares") pursuant to a scheme compliant with Paragraph
17 of the Model Code as follows:

Director                                 Number of Shares              Price £

R J Margetts                                          365               19.284
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart                                 560               19.284
F T M Phaswana                                        578               19.284
Dr M S Bastos Marques                                 506               19.284
R C Alexander                                         122               19.284

The notification of these transactions is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under both section 324 Companies Act 1985 and Disclosure Rule 3.1.2.

N Jordan
Company Secretary
4 January 2006



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