Transaction in Own Shares

Anglo American PLC
23 June 2006


News Release


23 March 2006


            Anglo American plc close period share purchase programme


Anglo American plc (the "Company") announces that an agreement has been entered
into to continue the purchases of its shares by the independent company to be
funded by a wholly owned overseas subsidiary of the Company (as described in the
announcement dated 23 March 2006) during its close period, which commences on 1
July 2006 and ends on 4 August 2006, the day on which the Company's interim
results are scheduled to be published.  The mandate in the agreement is for an
irrevocable, non-discretionary programme to purchase the Company's shares.

Any purchases will be effected within certain pre-set parameters, within the
limits of the programme and at prices per share which will be no more than the
higher of the price of the last independent trade in such shares and the highest
current independent bid for such shares. Purchases of Anglo American shares by
the independent company under these arrangements will be announced in keeping
with existing regulations governing UK corporate share repurchases.

The Company confirms that it currently has no information which is not generally
available and which, if generally available, would be likely to have a
significant effect on the price of the Company's ordinary shares.




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