ANG - Anglogold Ashanti Acquires SAO Bento Gold Limited

ANG - Anglogold Ashanti Acquires SAO Bento Gold Limited                         
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 ACQUIRES SAO BENTO GOLD LIMITED                               
  Further to its announcement of 31 July 2008, AngloGold Ashanti is pleased to  
announce that it has today completed the purchase of Sao Bento Gold Company     
Limited ("SBG") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sao Bento Mineracao S.A.       
("SBMSA") from Eldorado Gold Corporation ("Eldorado") for a consideration of    
US$70 million.  The purchase price was settled through the issuance of 2,701,660
AngloGold Ashanti shares.                                                       
  The purchase of SBG and SBMSA gives AngloGold Ashanti access to the Sao Bento 
mine, a gold operation located in the immediate vicinity of AngloGold Ashanti`s 
proposed Corrego do Sitio mine, located in the municipality of Santa Barbara,   
Iron Quadrangle region of Minas Gerais State, Brazil.  The acquisition of the   
Sao Bento mine provides AngloGold Ashanti with the potential to double the scale
of the proposed Corrego do Sitio mine, which once developed will significantly  
enhance AngloGold Ashanti`s Brazilian asset base.                               
  ENDS                                                                          
  15 December 2008                                                              
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  E-mail:afine@AngloGoldAshanti.com                                             
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E-mail:jjones@AngloGoldAshanti.com                                            
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those concerning AngloGold Ashanti`s strategy to reduce its gold hedging        
position including the extent and effects of the reduction, the economic outlook
for the gold mining industry, expectations regarding gold prices, production,   
cash costs and other operating results, growth prospects and outlook of         
AngloGold Ashanti`s operations, individually or in the aggregate, including the 
completion and commencement of commercial operations of certain of AngloGold    
Ashanti`s exploration and production projects and completion of acquisitions and
dispositions, AngloGold Ashanti`s liquidity and capital resources, including its
intentions and ability to refinance its $1 billion convertible bond, and        
expenditure and the outcome and consequences of any pending litigation          
proceedings, contain certain forward-looking statements regarding AngloGold     
Ashanti`s operations, economic performance and financial condition. Although    
AngloGold Ashanti believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-     
looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such          
expectations will prove to have been correct. Accordingly, results could differ 
materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements as a result of, 
among other factors, changes in economic and market conditions, success of      
business and operating initiatives, changes in the regulatory environment and   
other government actions, fluctuations in gold prices and exchange rates, and   
business and operational risk management. For a discussion of such factors,     
refer to AngloGold Ashanti`s annual report for the year ended 31 December 2007, 
which was distributed to shareholders on 31 March 2008, and report to           
shareholders for the quarter and nine months ended 30 September 2008, which was 
distributed to shareholders on 30 October 2008. AngloGold Ashanti undertakes no 
obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these forward-looking 
statements to reflect events or circumstances after today`s date or to reflect  
the occurrence of unanticipated events.  All subsequent written or oral forward-
looking statements attributable to AngloGold Ashanti or any person acting on its
behalf are qualified by the cautionary statements herein.                       
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