Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
07 January 2008



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 7 January 2008 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                                      246               30.271
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart                                 443               30.271
F T M Phaswana                                        430               30.271
P Woicke                                              380               30.271
M A Ramphele                                          165               30.271

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 October 2007 -
31 December 2007.

Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for 1,664 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 1,322,130,043 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.

Andy Hodges
Deputy Secretary
7 January 2008



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