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 Mr B R Beamish, a PDMR, has notified the Company that he sold 11,335 ordinary shares on 21 June 2011 at a price of £28.755 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

22 June 2011