ANG - AngloGold Ashanti Limited - Anglogold Ashanti to sell mining area to

ANG - AngloGold Ashanti Limited - Anglogold Ashanti to sell mining area to      
Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mining Company                                             
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 TO SELL MINING AREA TO BLYVOORUITZICHT GOLD MINING COMPANY    
AngloGold Ashanti confirms that it has offered to sell to Blyvooruitzicht Gold  
Mining Company, subject to the finalisation of a binding agreement, some 390,000
square metres of its neighbouring Savuka mining area for a consideration of R35 
million.  The area offered for sale is not within AngloGold Ashanti`s current   
mine plan. Pending the signing of the sale agreement and securing of the        
necessary regulatory approvals, Blyvoor will mine the area under contract.      
Given the potential losses in jobs and community livelihoods that would follow  
should Blyvoor be unable to sustain its operations, AngloGold Ashanti believes  
that the transaction offers a "win-win" for both companies and the communities  
in which they operate.                                                          
ENDS                                                                            
14 July 2011                                                                    
JSE Sponsor - UBS                                                               
Contacts                                                                        
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Alan Fine (Media)       +27 11 637 6383       afine@AngloGoldAshanti.com        
Mike Bedford (Investor) +27 11 637 6273       mbedford@anglogoldashanti.com     
Stewart Bailey(Investor) +1 2128364303        sbailey@anglogoldashanti.com      
Certain statements made in 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 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 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 2010, which was distributed to     
shareholders on 29 March 2011.  The company`s 2010 annual report on Form 20-F   
was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States on   
May 31, 2011. 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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