Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
02 November 2005


                       Anglo American plc (the "Company")
Directors' Interests
The Company announces that it was notified on 1 November 2005 that Maitland
Trustees Limited, as trustee of a trust of which Mr A J Trahar and his family
are potential beneficiaries, sold 104,417 ordinary Shares of US$0.50 in the
capital of the Company (the "Shares") at a price of £16.84 per Share. Such
shareholding was included in previous declarations of Mr Trahar's direct and
indirect beneficial interest in Shares which accordingly has been reduced by
104,417 Shares.

 Mr A J Trahar:

         BENEFICIAL   CONDITIONAL                                         TOTAL
                      SIP   Deferred   LTIP*     BSP      BSP
                            bonus                Bonus    Enhancement
                            share                shares   Shares
                            match
Balance at
31.10.05    155,564   413   32,219     232,737   95,924   71,943        588,800

Sold on    
1.11.05    (104,417)

Balance at
2.11.05      51,147   413   32,219    232,737    95,924   71,943        484,383




* This column includes only LTIP conditional shares granted since 2004. Prior to
2004, LTIPs were granted in the form of low cost options.

The Company also announces that it was notified on 2 November 2005 by Mr A W Lea
, an Executive Director of the Company, that on 2 November 2005 he sold 50,000
Shares at a price of £16.77 per Share. Such shareholding was included in
previous declarations of Mr Lea's direct beneficial interest in Shares which
accordingly has been reduced by 50,000 Shares.
Mr A W Lea:

         BENEFICIAL   CONDITIONAL                                         TOTAL
                      SIP   Deferred   LTIP*     BSP      BSP
                            bonus                Bonus    Enhancement
                            share                shares   Shares
                            match
Balance at
31.10.05   98,873    413    12,803    107,881   33,441    25,081        278,492

Sold on   
1.11.05   (50,000)

Balance at
2.11.05    48,873    413    12,803    107,881   33,441    25,081        228,492


*This column includes only LTIP conditional shares granted since 2004. Prior to
2004, LTIPs were granted in the form of low cost options.

Also on 2 November 2005, Mr A W Lea exercised 49,000 options granted to him at
an option price of £11.50 in March 2002 in terms of the Anglo American plc
Executive Share Option Scheme. The Shares arising from this exercise were sold
on the same day at a price of £16.67.

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

Note: the above tables do not include details of share options held by the
relevant directors.


N Jordan
Company Secretary

2 November 2005





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