Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
14 March 2006


                               Anglo American plc
                                (the "Company")


PDMR Shareholding


The company announces that on 13 March 2006, Mr P Smith, a Person Discharging
Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR") of the Company, exercised and sold the
following:

Number of Share Options                Option Price

23,000                                  £11.50


The shares acquired in terms of the options were sold at an average price of
£19.603871 each.


The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations
under the Financial Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.


N Jordan
Company Secretary
14 March 2006




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