Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
07 June 2006



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

Director/PDMR's Interests

The Company announces that on 6 June 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

      13,000                     £6.9750              £20.244693
      18,000                     £7.6550              £20.244693

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
7 June 2006



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