Dividend Notification Policy

Anglo American PLC
16 May 2000

                                Dividend Policy

At Anglo American plc's Annual General Meeting held earlier today, its
chairman Julian Ogilvie Thompson reiterated the company's dividend policy of a
one third/two thirds split between the interim and the final.  Based on the
total dividend for the year to December 31 1999 of 150 US cents per share, he
went on to state that, on this basis, and in the absence of any unforeseen
circumstances, the interim dividend for the six months ending June 30 2000
would be 50 US cents per share, but the exact level would be determined at the
time of declaration in the light of the results for the period and the outlook
for the balance of the year.