Directors' Dealings

Anglo American PLC
20 December 1999


              CLARIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS' INTERESTS 
                   IN ANGLO AMERICAN PLC ('THE COMPANY) 

               
The company has previously issued notifications regarding directors' interests
in shares and options. For the purposes of clarity and avoidance of doubt,
please note that these notifications did not include the SAYE share options held
by executive directors as follows:

NAME                               NUMBER OF SAYE OPTIONS @ £25.51 PER SHARE

MR J OGILVIE THOMPSON                              379
MR L BOYD                                          379
MR MW KING                                         379
DR JW CAMPBELL                                     661
MR AW LEA                                          720
MR AJ TRAHAR                                       720

The current overall position is therefore as follows:

NAME                        OPTIONS               SHARES

MR J OGILVIE THOMPSON       153,156               31,423
MR L BOYD                   105,791               10,444
MR MW KING                  115,791               26,077
DR JW CAMPBELL               88,564                9,323
MR AW LEA                    39,429                2,123
MR AJ TRAHAR                 79,623                   19
MR TCA WADESON               60,000               12,766