Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
26 June 2002


                              ANGLO AMERICAN PLC
                               (the "Company")

                             DIRECTORS' INTERESTS

In terms of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan the following directors
notified the Company today that they have acquired interests in the ordinary
shares of the Company (subject to performance conditions under the said plan) as
set out below:

Name             Maximum number of shares         Total number of shares over
                 over which options acquired (1)  which options are held 
                                                  following this notification(2)

Mr A Trahar                 115,190                    697,650
Mr W A Nairn                 45,436                    333,218
Mr B E Davison               51,196                    253,592
Mr A W Lea                   49,665                    413,873

(1) The exercise price is £1 in aggregate per director. The options are 
    exercisable between March 2005 to March 2006 subject to the satisfaction of 
    the performance conditions.
(2) Comprises options granted under all option schemes operated by the Company.

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