Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American plc (the "Company")

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

Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales)

DIRECTOR/PDMR SHAREHOLDINGS

The Company received notification on 15 April 2016 of the following transactions in its ordinary shares of USD0.54945 each ("Shares") by Directors/PDMRs under the Company's Share Incentive Plan ("SIP"), an HM Revenue & Customs approved all-employee share plan under which employees are able to buy Shares using monthly deductions from salary ("purchased Shares"), and are allotted an equivalent number of Shares by the Company at nil cost ("matching Shares").

On 14 April 2016, the following Directors/PDMRs each purchased Shares at a price of GBP6.91 per Share and were allotted an equal number of matching Shares at nil cost:

The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules. All the transactions took place in London.

John Mills

Group Company Secretary

18 April 2016