Anglogold Ashanti Signs Agreement with Bema Gold Corporation

Anglogold Ashanti Signs Agreement with Bema Gold Corporation                    
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 SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH BEMA GOLD CORPORATION                    
   AngloGold Ashanti is pleased to announce the signing of a Heads of Agreement 
with Bema Gold Corporation to form a New Company ("Newco") to jointly explore a 
select group of AngloGold Ashanti"s mineral opportunities located in Northern   
Colombia.  Newco"s initial work will be focused on the prospective La Mina and  
El Pino targets.                                                                
   Under the terms of the agreement, Newco will have the right to earn-in up to 
a 51% interest on any property that AngloGold Ashanti elects to farm-out within 
the area of interest, by executing a minimum of 3,000 metres of exploration     
drilling and by matching prior AngloGold Ashanti exploration expenditure.       
AngloGold Ashanti has initially agreed to provide a minimum of eight exploration
properties to the venture and Bema will provide or arrange a minimum $US5       
million in exploration funding.                                                 
   The agreement contemplates that within two years, Newco will be listed on a  
recognised stock exchange, at which point AngloGold Ashanti will hold 20% of    
Newco"s issued capital.                                                         
Commenting on the transaction, Executive Officer: Business Development       
Richard Duffy said, `This new relationship with Bema Gold Corporation           
complements our own dedicated exploration programme in Colombia by ensuring that
we optimally fund and explore our extensive land position, partially through    
this type of partnering strategy, thereby leveraging our first-mover advantage  
in this highly prospective gold region."                                        
   AngloGold Ashanti has been actively exploring in Colombia since 1999 and has 
a strong commitment to exploring and developing Colombian mineral resources in  
an environmentally and socially responsible way.                                
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   Johannesburg                                                                 
   1 June 2006                                                                  
JSE Sponsor: UBS                                                             
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