ANG - AngloGold Ashanti - Anglogold Ashanti Operational Guidance For Q4 2007

ANG - AngloGold Ashanti - Anglogold Ashanti Operational Guidance For Q4 2007    
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 OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE FOR Q4 2007                              
During the fourth quarter AngloGold Ashanti`s South African operations          
experienced a number of planned and unplanned shutdowns due primarily to safety 
interventions. This has resulted in the South African operations producing      
approximately 55,000 ounces of gold less than the prior quarter. The "Safety is 
our First Value" campaign was introduced on 8 November 2007, undertaken jointly 
with organised labour and government representatives, together with associated  
campaigns at each of our South African business units.  As a result, these      
operations have started to experience an encouraging improvement in safety      
performance.                                                                    
At the Geita mine in Tanzania, production for the fourth quarter will be 51,000 
ounces below last quarter. Tonnage was adversely affected by discharge pump     
failures at both mills and the treatment of harder ore. Metallurgical recovery  
reduced substantially in December 2007, due to the refractive nature of ore from
Geita Hill, which was suspended and replaced with lower grade material from     
stockpiles. As announced in December 2007, Richard Le Sueur, formerly manager of
the Morila joint venture in 2007, has now been appointed managing director at   
Geita. This became effective in early January 2008.                             
Notwithstanding solid operating performances from the company`s international   
operations, the impact of the fall in production in South Africa and at Geita,  
in particular, has resulted in Group production of 1,368,000 ounces for the     
fourth quarter. This level of production has a consequential impact on unit cash
operating costs for the quarter.                                                
As noted in published guidance released with the third quarter 2007 results,    
earnings for the fourth quarter 2007 are expected to be significantly distorted 
by, amongst other things, annual accounting adjustments such as rehabilitation, 
inventory, and current and deferred tax provisions.                             
The results for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December 2007 will be      
released on 7 February 2008.                                                    
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18 JANUARY 2008                                                                 
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Certain statements made during this communication, including, without           
limitation, those concerning the economic outlook for the gold mining industry, 
expectations regarding gold prices, production, cash costs and other operating  
results, growth prospects and the outlook of AngloGold Ashanti`s operations     
including the completion and commencement of commercial operations of certain of
AngloGold Ashanti`s exploration and production projects, and its liquidity and  
capital resources and expenditure, 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 2006, which was distributed to shareholders on 29 March 2007.       
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.        
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