Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
30 September 2005



                       Anglo American PLC ("the Company")


Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 30 September 2005 the following non-executive
directors of the Company purchased 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 C Alexander                                           134              16.27
R J Margetts                                            433              16.27
F T M Phaswana                                          686              16.27
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart                                   663              16.27
Dr C E Fay                                              415              16.27


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
30 September 2005






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