Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American plc (the "Company")

Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN

Registered number: 3564138

DIRECTOR'S / PDMR's INTERESTS

The Company announces that Mrs L Whitcutt the wife of Mr P G Whitcutt, a PDMR of the Company, sold 3,017 ordinary shares on 19 October 2010 at a price of £27.91 per share.

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

Nicholas Jordan

Company Secretary

20 October 2010