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Anglo American announces senior executive appointments

08 April, 2008

Anglo American plc is pleased to announce three senior executive appointments.

Ian Cockerill is appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Anglo Coal and a member of the Executive Committee of Anglo American plc. Ian has been a senior executive with Gold Fields Limited for nine years, the last six as Chief Executive Officer. Ian's primary focus will be to drive the further strategic development of Anglo American's global coal business and execute its considerable growth ambition, in addition to pursuing developments in clean coal and associated technologies. Ian will take up his position on 1 June 2008.

Kuseni Dlamini is appointed as Head of Anglo American South Africa and a member of the Executive Committee of Anglo American plc. Kuseni will be Anglo American's principal representative in South Africa, with day-to-day responsibility for the successful internal transformation of the South African business and alignment with the group's global strategy. In addition, this role will bring greater cohesion to Anglo American's approach to all key external stakeholder relationships in South Africa, in particular ensuring that the benefits of the many transformational deals undertaken by Anglo American are realised for all parties, and country related matters. Previously Executive Chairman of the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, in which Anglo American is a 27% shareholder, Kuseni will take up his position on 1 July 2008.

Russell King is appointed as Chief Strategy Officer of Anglo American plc with immediate effect. Russell will lead the strategy and business development team, working closely with the executive management to define and execute the group's strategy and to lead performance monitoring processes. This new role reflects Anglo American's continuing drive to leverage its global scale to generate further growth and value. Previously Group Head of HR, Business Development and Sustainable Development, Russell joined Anglo American in 2001.

Cynthia Carroll, Chief Executive of Anglo American plc, said, “I am delighted to welcome Ian and Kuseni to Anglo American and Russell to his new role within the group. Their depth of experience further strengthens our strategic management capabilities as we build upon the current momentum and realise our exciting growth prospects as a leading global mining company.”

Ian Cockerill commented, “I see the world-wide issues around energy as being critical for the foreseeable future. I am looking forward to joining Anglo and to the challenge of taking on a global role in a company which has tremendous depth of experience in the resource and energy sector and which, clearly, has lots of ambition to grow.”

Kuseni Dlamini said, “I am truly excited about joining Anglo American in this new role. Anglo is the largest mining company in South Africa with global operations, significant growth prospects and is a major contributor to the South African economy. I look forward to reinforcing the company's relationships with all its stakeholders and contributing to the group's successes as it continues to invest in and grow its mining operations in South Africa.”

Notes to Editors:
Anglo American plc is one of the world's largest mining and natural resource groups. With its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global leader in platinum group metals and diamonds, with significant interests in coal, base and ferrous metals, as well as an industrial minerals business. The Group is geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and North America, Australia and Asia. (www.angloamerican.co.uk)

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United Kingdom
James Wyatt-Tilby, Media Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759
Anna Poulter, Investor Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2155

South Africa
Pranill Ramchander, Media Relations
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592

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