Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
03 April 2007



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 3 April 2007 the following non-executive directors
of the Company ("NEDs") 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 £
Sir Rob Margetts                                      315               26.202
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart                                 515               26.202
F T M Phaswana                                        493               26.202
R C Alexander                                         111               26.202
P Woicke                                              445               26.202
M A Ramphele                                          190               26.202

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 January to 31
March 2007.

Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for 2,069 ordinary shares of US$0.50 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 1,484,457,451 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
3 April 2007



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