Anglogold Ashanti Announces Changes To Its Board

Anglogold Ashanti Announces Changes To Its Board                                
AngloGold Ashanti Limited                                                       
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa                                    
Registration Number: 1944/017354/06)                                            
ISIN Number:ZAE000043485                                                        
JSE Share Code: ANG                                                             
"AngloGold Ashanti/Company")                                                    
AngloGold Ashanti announces changes to its board                                
AngloGold Ashanti is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to  
its Board of Directors.                                                         
Joseph Henry (J.H.) Mensah, who holds an MSc in Economics from London           
University, has extensive experience in international and local economic        
management.  He is the Chairman of the National Development Planning Commission 
in Ghana and a member of the Ghana Parliament representing the Sunyani          
constituency.  He will be joining the Board with effect from 4 August 2006.     
Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, who holds a BCom degree from the University of Fort   
Hare, is a certified chartered accountant with the South African Institute of   
Chartered Accountants and is a past national president of the Institute.  He    
also holds an MBA from the University of New York and is a respected South      
African academic, professional and business leader.  Professor Nkuhlu joins the 
Board, and has been appointed deputy chairman of the Audit and Corporate        
Governance Committee, with effect from 4 August 2006.                           
Russell Edey, Chairman of the Board of Directors, commented: "We welcome J.H.   
Mensah and Wiseman Nkuhlu to our board and look forward to the contribution that
they will doubtless make to the success and sound governance of AngloGold       
Ashanti".                                                                       
Simultaneously, AngloGold Ashanti announces the resignation from its Board of   
Lazarus Zim, together with his alternate David Barber.  This move follows the   
reduction in the shareholding of Anglo American in AngloGold Ashanti and Mr     
Zim"s move to a non-executive role in Anglo American.  The Board has expressed  
its gratitude to Mr Zim and Mr Barber for their diligent contribution to the    
Board.                                                                          
DIRECTORATE CHANGES                                                             
The following changes have taken place to the board of AngloGold Ashanti        
Limited:                                                                        
Name                              Nature of Change                              
Mr Joseph Henry Mensah            Appointed as a non-executive director         
                                  effective 4 August 2006                       
Prof. Lumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu      Appointed as a non-executive director         
effective 4 August 2006                       

Mr Polelo Lazarus Zim             Resigned as a non-executive director          
                                  effective 4 August 2006                       
Mr David Duncan Barber            Resigned as an alternate director             
effective 4 August 2006                       

Taking account of the above the board of directors should read as follows:      
Directors                                       Alternate Directors             
Mr R P Edey           (Chairman) (British)                                      
Dr T J Motlatsi       (Deputy Chairman)                                         
Mr R M Godsell        (Chief Executive                                          
                       Officer)                                                 
Dr S E Jonah, KBE     (President) (Ghanaian)                                    
Mr F B Arisman        (American)                                                
Mr R E Bannerman      (Ghanaian)                                                
Mrs E le R Bradley                                                              
Mr C B Brayshaw                                                                 
Mr R Carvalho Silva   (Brazilian)                                               
Mr R Mensah           (French)               Mr P.G. Whitcutt                   
Mr J H Mensah         (Ghanaian)                                                
Mr W A Nairn                                  Mr A.H. Calver   (British)        
Mr N F Nicolau                                                                  
Prof. L W Nkuhlu                                                                
Mr S R Thompson       (British)                                                 
Mr A J Trahar                                                                   
Mr S Venkatakrishnan  (British)                                                 
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   Johannesburg                                                                 
   4 August 2006                                                                
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