Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
05 April 2006



                       Anglo American plc ("the Company")


Director/PDMR's Interests


The Company announces that on 4 April 2006 Mr R S Robertson, a Person
Discharging Managerial Responsibility of the Company ("PDMR"), exercised options
to acquire and immediately sold, ordinary shares of US$0.50 in the capital of
the Company (the "Shares") under the Anglo American plc Executive Share Option
Scheme as follows:

Number of Share Options       Option Strike Price        Share Sale Price

                45,000                     £6.975              £22.747778

The Company also announces that on 4 April 2006 Mr A J Trahar, Chief Executive
of the Company, exercised options to acquire and immediately sold, ordinary
shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company (the "Shares") under the Anglo
American plc Executive Share Option Scheme as follows:

Number of Share Options       Option Strike Price        Share Sale Price

              115,000                      £9.28              £22.745777


The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations
under the Financial Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.



Andy Hodges
Joint Deputy Company Secretary
5 April 2006



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