Additional Listing

Anglo American PLC
10 January 2005


Anglo American plc
(the "Company")



Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for 3,849 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each (the "Shares") to be admitted
to the Official List and to be admitted to trading respectively. In addition,
applications have been made to the Johannesburg, Swiss, Botswana and Namibian
Stock Exchanges for the Shares to be listed. The Shares will rank pari passu
with the existing issued ordinary shares of the Company.


The Shares are being allotted to certain of the Company's Non-Executive
directors by subscription of their after-tax directors' fees in respect of their
services to the Company during the period 1 October to 31 December 2004.


Following the admitting of these Shares the Company's issued share capital will
be 1,493,843,236 Shares.


Copies of this announcement are available from the office of Cazenove & Co. Ltd
for the period of 2 business days from the date hereof.



N Jordan
Company Secretary


10 January 2005


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