Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
03 October 2006



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")

PDMR's Interests

The Company announces that on 3 October 2006 Mr A E Redman, a Person Discharging
Managerial Responsibility of the Company ("PDMR"), exercised options to acquire
and immediately sold, ordinary shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company
(the "Shares") under the Anglo American plc Rollover Scheme as follows:

Number of Share Options      Option Strike Price         Share Sale Price

      8,000                     ZAR51.25                  £22.3915

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.

Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
3 October 2006



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