Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
20 June 2007


                       Anglo American plc (the "Company")
         Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
                           Registered number: 3564138


PDMR INTERESTS

The Company announces that, on 19 June 2007, Mr B R Beamish exercised Executive
Share Options, originally granted in 2003, over ordinary shares of US$0.50 in
the capital of the Company, as follows:

Number of shares acquired                      Acquisition Price

        12,500                                      £9.28

The 12,500 shares acquired as a result of these transactions were sold on 19
June 2007 at £31.00 per share.



Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
20 June 2007



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