Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
06 July 2006



                       Anglo American PLC ("the Company")

Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 5 July 2006 the following non-executive directors
of the Company subscribed for 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 J Margetts                                          396               20.865
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart                                 517               20.865
F T M Phaswana                                        620               20.865
R C Alexander                                         126               20.865
P Woicke                                              507               20.865
M A Ramphele                                           45               20.865

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.

Andy Hodges
Deputy Secretary
6 July 2006



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