Director Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
04 April 2005


Anglo American plc
(the "Company")

The Ernest Oppenheimer Memorial Trust (the "Trust") is a charitable trust formed
in 1958 for the benefit of any institution for the advancement of science or art
or of an educational, charitable or ecclesiastical nature, the benefits whereof
are in the interests of the public.

The following notifications are made on behalf of Mr A J Trahar, Mr R M Godsell
and Mr N F Oppenheimer pursuant to Section 324(2) of the Companies Act 1985.

The Company was notified on 1 April 2005, pursuant to Section 324(2) of the Act,
of the sale of the following non-beneficial interests held through the Trust.

As a result of the sale by the Trust of 5,000 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in
the Company ("Shares") undertaken on 1 April 2005, Mr Trahar is deemed to have
disposed of a non-beneficial interest in 5,000 Shares as a result of his wife
being a trustee of the Trust. Such Shares were sold by the Trust at Rand 149.00
per Share.

Similarly, as a result of the sale described above, Messrs Godsell and
Oppenheimer are also deemed to have disposed of a non-beneficial interest in
5,000 Shares as a result of being trustees of the Trust.

Following the sale described above Messrs Godsell, Oppenheimer and Trahar are
deemed to have a non-beneficial interest in 762,778 Shares held by the Trust.

None of Messrs Godsell, Oppenheimer or Trahar is a beneficiary of the Trust.

N Jordan
Secretary
4 April 2005










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