Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
05 July 2007



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

Directors' Interests

The Company announces that on 5 July 2007 the following non-executive directors
of the Company ("NEDs") subscribed for ordinary shares of US$0.54945 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                                      274               30.338
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart                                 443               30.338
F T M Phaswana                                        430               30.338
R C Alexander                                          88               30.338
P Woicke                                              352               30.338
M A Ramphele                                          164               30.338

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 April to 30 June
2007.

Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock
Exchange for 1,751 ordinary shares of US$0.54945 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 1,336,412,665 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
5 July 2007



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