Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
22 February 2007


                       Anglo American plc (the "Company")
         Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
                           Registered number: 3564138


The Company announces that on 22 February 2007, Mr J N Wallington, a Person
Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") of the Company, exercised and
sold the following:

Number of Share Options            Option Price

10,000                             £9.28

The shares acquired in terms of the options were sold at an average price of
£25.60 each.

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.

N Jordan
Company Secretary
22 February 2007



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