Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
27 April 2006



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")


Director/PDMR's Interests


The Company announces that on 26 April 2006 Mr P Smith, a Person Discharging
Managerial Responsibility of the Company ("PDMR"), exercised options to acquire
and immediately sold, ordinary shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company
(the "Shares") under the Anglo American plc Executive Share Option Scheme as
follows:

Number of Share Options       Option Strike Price        Share Sale Price

                 31,500                     £9.28                  £24.26

The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations
under the Financial Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.



Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
27 April 2006



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