Exercise of Options

Anglo American PLC
19 April 2006


News Release

19 April 2006

          Anglo American plc announces exercise of Underwriters' Option


Anglo American plc today announces that the underwriters for the offering of
ordinary shares ("ordinary shares") of AngloGold Ashanti Limited by Anglo South
Africa Capital (Proprietary) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo
American, have exercised their option to purchase 3,356,857 additional ordinary
shares in the form of AngloGold Ashanti American Depositary Shares ("ADSs") at
the offering price of US$51.25 per ADS.  The shares are scheduled to be
delivered on 20 April 2006, the same date as the scheduled closing of the
offering.

After the completion of the offering, Anglo American's holding in AngloGold
Ashanti Limited will be 41.8%.

The combined offering was led by Goldman, Sachs & Co. and UBS Investment Bank as
joint global coordinators and joint bookrunners for the combined offering. BMO
Nesbitt Burns and J.P. Morgan Securities acted as co-managers.

A final prospectus supplement for the combined offering was filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission on 12 April 2006. Copies of the final
prospectus supplement and prospectus may be obtained from the offices of
Goldman, Sachs & Co., 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004, telephone:
1-866-471-2526 and from UBS Securities LLC, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New
York, New York 10019-6028, telephone: [phone].


For further information:

Investor Inquiries
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Charles Gordon
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