Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
04 April 2006



                       Anglo American PLC ("the Company")


Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 3 April 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                                          390               21.078
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart                                 512               21.078
F T M Phaswana                                        612               21.078
P Woicke                                              515               21.078
R C Alexander                                         137               21.078

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.


Andy Hodges
Deputy Secretary
4 April 2006



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