Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Anglo American PLC
22 May 2000


The following directors have been granted options under the Company's SAYE share
option scheme:
                            Number of
Name                        SAYE Share Options

L  Boyd                         499
Dr J W Campbell                 948
M W King                        499
A W Lea                         870
A J Trahar                      948

The directors overall position subsequent to the above is as follows:

Name                 Options                Shares

L Boyd               120,933                13,484
Dr J W Campbell      101,424                11,861
M W King             130,933                29,247
A W Lea               52,152                 5,231
A J Trahar            92,424                 2,577

The date of the transactions and the date the Company was informed was 19 May
2000.