Annual Information Update

Kenmare Resources plc ("Kenmare" or "the Company") 28 May 2010 Annual Information Document Annual Information Document for the period from 28 April 2009, which is 12 months prior to the date of annual financial statements, up to and including 28 April 2010. Kenmare Resources plc (the "Company") published its annual financial statements in respect of the year ended 31 December 2009 on 28 April 2010. This Annual Information Document has been prepared by the Company in accordance with the provisions of Part 11 of the Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No 324 of 2005) and has been submitted to the Irish Stock Exchange for filing with the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (the Financial Regulator) in accordance with the provisions of the Prospectus Rules issued by the Financial Regulator. The publication obligations in respect of this Annual Information Document are being fulfilled by its issue today via RIS and by its publication on the website of the Company (www.kenmareresources.com < http://www.kenmareresources.com/>) from today. The Company does not intend to rely solely on the Financial Regulator to publish the Annual Information Document. The information referred to in this document was up to date at the time it was published but some information may now be out of date. To avoid an unnecessarily lengthy document, information is referred to in this document rather than included in full. (1) Regulatory announcements and filings made to the Irish Stock Exchange and UK Listing Authority via a Regulatory Information Service All of the announcements listed below were published via RNS or Hugin, both Regulatory Information Services and are available for viewing on the Irish Stock Exchange website (www.ise.ie < http://www.ise.ie/>) and (www.londonstockexchange.com < http://www.londonstockexchange.com/>) respectively. 28-04-10           Publication of Annual Report 28-04-10           Interim Management Statement 12-04-10           Re: Holding in Company 07-04-10           Re: Holding in Company 07-04-10           Re: Holding in Company 07-04-10           Re: Holding in Company 06-04-10           Re: Holding in Company 06-04-10           Re: Holding in Company 06-04-10           Re: Holding in Company 01-04-10           Notification of Transactions of Directors 01-04-10           Notification of Transactions of Directors 01-04-10           Total Voting Rights 29-03-10           Results of EGM 29-03-10           Results of Placing and Open Offer 05-03-10           Publication of Prospectus 05-03-10           Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer to raise approx. US$270m 05-03-10           Preliminary Results for year ended 31 December 2009 02-02-10           Re: Holding in Company 02-02-10           Re: Holding in Company 02-02-10           Re: Holding in Company 29-01-10           Block Listing 2009 Interim Review 29-01-10           Block Listing 2008 Interim Review 29-01-10           Total Voting Rights 26-01-10           Re: Holding in Company 26-01-10           Moma Update 11-01-10           Kenmare Warrants Exercised 06-01-10           Re: Holding in Company 23-12-09           Settlement Deal Agreed with Contractor 22-12-09           Block Listing Application 11-12-09           Total Voting Rights 30-11-09           Kenmare Warrantholder EGM Result 30-11-09           Notification of Transactions of Directors 20-11-09           Kenmare Warrant Underwriting Agreed and Warrantholder EGM Result 18-11-09           Interim Management Statement 13-11-09           Re. Holding in Company 28-10-09           Warrantholder EGM Notice 27-10-09           Shareholder EGM Notice 27-10-09           Kenmare's Development Association wins Nedbank Capital Green Mining Award 20-10-09           Total Voting Rights 28-09-09           Kenmare Resources plc wins Best International CSR Programme 04-09-09           Notification of Transactions of Directors 03-09-09           Re. Holding in Company 31-08-09           Half Yearly Financial Report 31-08-09           2009 Interim Results 27-08-09           Re. Holding in Company 26-08-09           Re. Holding in Company 24-08-09           Total Voting Rights 24-08-09           Blocklisting 2008 Interim Review 30-06-09           Award of Share Options 30-06-09           Successful Stg£10.3 million (US$16.7 million) Kenmare Share Placing 17-06-09           Director Declaration 11-06-09           Results of Annual General Meeting 11-06-09           Board Appointment and Moma Update 09-06-09           Re: Holding in Company 05-06-09           Re: Holding in Company 03-06-09           Total Voting Rights 12-05-09           Annual Information Document 06-05-09           Re: Holding in Company (2)            Companies Registration Office Filings All of the documents listed below were filed with the Register of Companies in Ireland on or around the dates indicated. Copies of documents filed with the Registrar of Companies are available from the Companies Registration Office (www.cro.ie < http://www.cro.ie/>). 13-04-10           B5 Allotment of Shares 30-03-10           B4 EGM Resolutions 30-03-10           G1 Special Resolutions passed at EGM 30-03-10           G2 Ordinary Resolution passed at EGM 17-12-09           G1 Special Resolutions passed at EGM 17-12-09           G2 Ordinary Resolution passed at EGM 08-10-09           B5 Allotment of Shares 24-07-09           B10 Appointment of Director 23-06-09           G1 Special Resolutions passed at AGM 23-06-09           G2 Ordinary Resolution passed at AGM 23-06-09           B1 Annual Return (3)            Annual and Interim Report 2009 The Company's Annual Report for the period ended 31 December 2009 which was published on 28 April 2010 and which was filed with the Irish Stock Exchange, can be found on the Company's website, as can the Interim Report 2009 for the period ending 30 June 2009 published on 31 August 2009. A copy of the Annual Information Document and copies of the documents referred to in it can be obtained from the Company Secretary at the Company's registered office: Chatham House, Chatham Street, Dublin 2. 28 May 2010 Contact: Deirdre Corcoran Company Secretary Kenmare Resource plc Tel: 00 353 1 6710411 [HUG#1419647]
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