Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
01 July 2005


                       Anglo American PLC ("the Company")


Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 30 June 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                                           150              13.15
R J Margetts                                            536              13.15
F T M Phaswana                                          849              13.15
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart                                   766              13.15
Dr C E Fay                                              411              13.15


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
1 July 2005



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