Holding in Company

Anglo American PLC
2 June 2000


LETTER TO COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OFFICE

NOTIFICATION CONCERNING INTEREST IN SHARES IN ANGLO AMERICAN plc ('THE COMPANY')

1.  We have today received a notice on behalf of E Oppenheimer & Son (Pty)
    Limited and Centhold Limited pursuant to the provisions of section 198(1)   
   of the Companies Act 1985 and on behalf of the persons listed below          
  pursuant to the provisions of section 202(4) of the Companies Act 1985, in    
 each case as a result of the events referred to in paragraph 3 of this         
notice.

    Central Holdings Limited S.A
    Capricorn Trustees Limited 
    Central Holdings International Limited 
    Spectre Limited 
    Pradine Limited 
    Bastion Holdings Limited
    The trustees of the Achilles II Trust

2.  The notice has been given in connection with a reorganisation of a number
    of wholly-owned subsidiaries of Central Holdings Limited S.A. We  have
    been informed that this reorganisation has no affect on the number of       
   shares in the capital of the Company in which N F Oppenheimer is             
  interested.

3.  The reorganisation occurred on 31 May and 1 June 2000 on which
    dates the following events took place:

    3.1   on 31 May 2000, the 12,193,649 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in
          the capital of the Company ('Ordinary Shares') registered in  the     
         name of E Oppenheimer & Son (Pty) Limited, representing 2.991 per      
        cent of all the issued Ordinary Shares, were transferred to, and        
       registered in the name of, Marser  Nominees (Pty) Limited and, on 
          1 June 2000, were transferred to, and registered in the name of,      
         Centhold limited; and

    3.2   on 31 May 2000, the 2,224,601 Ordinary Shares registered in the name  
         of Spectrum Diamonds (Pty) limited, representing 0.546 per cent of     
        all of the issued Ordinary Shares, were transferred to, and             
       registered in the name of, Marser Nominees (Pty) Limited and, on 
          1 June 2000, were transferred to, and registered in the name of,      
         Gartland Limited.

4.  E Oppenheimer & Son (Pty) Limited ceased on 31 May 2000 to have a           
   notifiable interest in Ordinary Shares.

5.  On 31 May 2000 Centhold Limited both acquired and then ceased to have a
    notifiable interest in 14,418,250 Ordinary Shares.

6.  We understand that the transfers referred to at paragraph 3.1  above        
   result from  the  entry into and implementation of an agreement under which  
  Centhold Limited (whose registered office is at 9 Columbus Centre,            
 Pelican Drive, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands) acquired the        
Ordinary Shares referred to in paragraph 3.1. The shares were first            
registered in the name of a nominee and then transferred into the name of      
Centhold Limited.

7.  We understand that the transfers referred to at paragraph 3.2  above        
   result from the entry into and implementation of an agreement under which    
  Gartland Limited  (whose  registered office is at 9 Columbus Centre,          
 Pelican Drive, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands) acquired the        
Ordinary Shares referred  to in paragraph 3.2. The shares were first           
registered in the name of a nominee and then transferred into the name of      
Gartland Limited.

8.  We have been informed that, notwithstanding the  events  referred  to  in
    paragraph 3, Central  Holdings Limited S.A. and the  other  parties  listed
    below it in paragraph  1 above continue to have a notifiable  interest  in
    29,257,760 Ordinary Shares.

LETTER FROM ANGLO AMERICAN PLC