Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
29 June 2007


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

Directors' Interests

The Company announces that it was notified today by Mr D A Hathorn, an Executive
Director of the Company, of the following transactions that took place on 28
June 2007:
          
     -    Mr Hathorn sold 5,000 Anglo American plc Ordinary shares (the 
          "Shares") held by the Barland Trust at a price of £29.09 per Share;           
          and

     -    Mr Hathorn sold 1,046 Shares at a price of ZAR416 per share.

Accordingly, Mr Hathorn's beneficial interest in Shares has decreased by 6,046.
As previously announced, Mr Hathorn will step down from the board of the Company
upon the demerger of the Mondi group which is expected to be effected on Monday
2 July 2007.

The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations
under both the Companies Act and the Financial Services Authority Disclosure and
Transparency Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4

N Jordan
Company Secretary
29 June 2007



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