Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
03 January 2006


                               Anglo American plc
                                (the "Company")



Directors' Interests

The Company announces that, on 30 December 2005, 76,000 Anglo American plc
Executive Share Scheme options held by Mr D A Hathorn were exercised as follows:

Number of Share Options                             Option Price
40,000                                              £10.025
36,000                                              £11.500

The shares acquired in terms of the options were sold on 30 December 2005 at a
price of £19.582395 each.

Also on 30 December 2005, a family trust in which Mr D A Hathorn has an interest
sold 15,000 ordinary shares of the Company at a price of £19.60 each.

The notification of these transactions is intended to satisfy the Company's
obligations under both section 324 of the Companies Act 1985 and the Financial
Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4



N Jordan
Company Secretary
3 January 2006




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