Kenmare Resources plc : Holding(s) in Company

STANDARD FORM TR-1 VOTING RIGHTS ATTACHED TO SHARES- ARTICLE 12(1) OF DIRECTIVE 2004/109/EC FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - ARTICLE 11(3) OF THE COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/14/ECi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached ii:

Kenmare Resources PLC

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
[x] an acquisition or disposal of voting rights
[ ] an acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
[ ] an event changing the breakdown of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii:

BlackRock, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv:
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reachedv:

2nd January 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

4th January 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Holding has gone above 8%

8. Notified details:

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction vi	Resulting situation after the triggering transactionvii
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Number of Sharesviii	Number of Voting rightsix	Number of shares x	Number of voting rightsxi	% of voting rights
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Number of Sharesviii	Number of Voting rightsix	Direct	Directxii	Indirectxiii	Direct	Indirect
IE0004879486	201,896,104	201,896,104	N/A	N/A	202,440,755	N/A	8.00%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate	201,896,104	201,896,104		202,440,755	8.00%

voting rights)

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transactionxiv
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Datexv	Exercise/Conversion Period/ Datexvi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
	SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
202,440,755	202,440,755	8.00%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicablexvii:

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 202,440,755 (8.00%)

10. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number]
voting rights as of [date].
11. Additional information:
Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL on 4th January, 2013.

ANNEX TO THE STANDARD FORM TR-1 xviii

a) Identity of the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation:

Full name (including legal form for legal entities)	BlackRock, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
Phone number	[phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Andrew Manchester

b) Identity of the notifier, if applicablexix:

Full name	BlackRock, Inc.
Contact address	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

c) Additional information