AngloGold Ashanti - Review of exploration activity in the DRC

AngloGold Ashanti - Review of exploration activity in the DRC                   
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 REVIEW OF EXPLORATION ACTIVITY IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF  
THE CONGO (DRC)                                                                 
   A senior executive team of the AngloGold Ashanti management recently         
conducted a review of this company"s exploration activities in the DRC.  The    
review included a visit to the DRC in early June.  The focus of this review was 
to determine whether this activity could be conducted with integrity, that is,  
in compliance with the company"s values.                                        
   The team held a series of meetings in the national capital Kinshasa, the     
capital of the Ituri district, Bunia, and at the site of our exploration camp in
Mongbwalu.  In these three places the team met with representatives of          
government, the state mining agency, OKIMO, the UN peace keeping force, MONUC   
and representatives of the Catholic Church.                                     
MONUC has now established a substantial presence in Mongbwalu. We have been  
assured by MONUC that significant progress with the disarming of militia members
has occurred and FNI militia have withdrawn from the town.                      
   The review has identified a number of areas for management action:           
We have commenced a baseline survey of key issues including operational      
security, environmental considerations, community health, artisanal mining and  
social development.                                                             
   We are intensifying our engagement with key community and government         
stakeholders as well as MONUC in Kinshasa, Bunia and Mongbwalu.                 
   We will strictly monitor all contact with outside organisations, maintaining 
a register of the nature and content of these contacts, and ensure that they are
consistent with our values and credible international guidelines for operating  
in conflict zones.                                                              
   We are discussing with our partner OKIMO, the state mining agency, how to    
deal with the occupation, without our consent, of houses within our concession. 
   Given the volatility of events in the DRC we will regularly review our       
activities, and should it become impossible to operate safely and with integrity
we will withdraw from the region, as we have done previously.                   
   We remain ready to engage with all interested stakeholders, including        
government, the United Nations and NGOs to ensure that our actions are          
consistent with our values and the intentions set out in this statement. It is  
our belief and hope that our presence contributes to an improvement in the      
economic prospects for the Democratic Republic of Congo and, thereby, reinforces
the peace process.                                                              
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   21 June 2005                                                                 
   JSE Sponsor: UBS                                                             
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