Total Voting Rights

Anglo American PLC
19 January 2007


                       Anglo American plc (the "Company")

                              Total voting rights

In accordance with the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules, the Company
announces that, at 6pm on 18 January 2007:

  • it had 1,541,655,681 issued ordinary shares of US$0.50 each admitted to
    trading. Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote in relation to
    all circumstances at general meetings of the Company;


  • it held 49,956,889 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of
    treasury shares are automatically suspended;


  • accordingly, it had total voting rights of 1,491,698,792.


The total voting rights figure (1,491,698,792) may be used by shareholders (and
others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by
which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in,
or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

Andy Hodges
Deputy Company Secretary
Anglo American plc
19 January 2007




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