Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
05 October 2007



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 5 October 2007 the following non-executive
directors of the Company ("NEDs") subscribed for ordinary shares of US$0.54945
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 £

Sir Rob Margetts                  237                       31.41
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart             427                       31.41
F T M Phaswana                    414                       31.41
R C Alexander                      80                       31.41
P Woicke                          322                       31.41
M A Ramphele                      159                       31.41

The Shares are being allotted by subscription of their after-tax directors' fees
in respect of their services to the Company during the period 1 July to 30
September 2007.

Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for 1,639 ordinary shares of US$0.54945 each (the "Shares") to be
admitted to the Official List and to be admitted to trading respectively. In
addition, applications will be 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.

Following the admission of these Shares the Company's issued share capital will
be 1,323,680,379 Shares (excluding those held in treasury).

The notification of these transactions is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under both the Companies Act 1985 and the Listing and Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

N Jordan
Company Secretary
5 October 2007


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