ANG - Anglogold Ashanti Announces Board Appointment

ANG - Anglogold Ashanti Announces Board Appointment                             
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI ANNOUNCES BOARD APPOINTMENT                                   
  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 BOARD APPOINTMENT                                   
  AngloGold Ashanti is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Ferdinand      
(Fred) Ohene-Kena to its Board of Directors with effect from 1 June 2010.       
Fred Ohene-Kena (MSc Engineering; DIC and ACSM), is the former Ghanaian       
Minister of Mines and Energy and is currently a member of the Ghana Judicial    
Council, is the Chairman of the Ghana Minerals Commission and is a member of the
President`s Economic Advisory Council.                                          
Russell Edey, Chairman of the Board of Directors, commented: "Mr Ohene-Kena   
has had a long association with Ashanti, having served as a member of the Board 
of Ashanti Goldfields, prior to its merger with AngloGold.  He currently serves 
on AngloGold Ashanti`s subsidiary companies in Ghana and Guinea.  We welcome    
Mr Ohene-Kena to our board and look forward to the contribution that he will    
doubtless make to the success and sound governance of AngloGold Ashanti".       
  ENDS                                                                          
  JOHANNESBURG                                                                  
21 April 2010                                                                 
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Alan Fine (Media)                +27(0)116376383    +27(0)833250757             
E-mail: fine@AngloGoldAshanti.com                                           
Stewart Bailey (Investors)       +1 212 836 4303    +1 646 338 4337             
    Or +27 82 330 9628      E-mail: sbailey@anglogoldashanti.com                
Certain statements made in this communication, including, without limitation,   
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, the resumption of production at  
AngloGold Ashanti`s mines in Ghana, the completion of announced mergers and     
acquisitions transactions, AngloGold Ashanti`s liquidity and capital resources, 
and expenditure and the outcome and consequences of any litigation proceedings  
or environmental issues, 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 including environmental approvals and actions,         
fluctuations in gold prices and exchange rates, and business and operational    
risk management. For a discussion of certain of these factors, refer to         
AngloGold Ashanti`s annual report for the year ended 31 December 2009, which was
distributed to shareholders on 30 March 2010.  The company`s annual report on   
Form 20-F, was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United  
States on April 19, 2010. 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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page of its website at www.anglogoldashanti.com and under the "Investors" tab on
the main page.  This information is updated regularly.  Investors should visit  
this website to obtain important information about AngloGold Ashanti.           
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