Director/PDMR Shareholding

SCHEDULE 11
    Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging
           Managerial Responsibility and Connected Persons

This form is intended for use by an issuer to make a RIS notification
required by the  Market Abuse Rules  and section 53  (as extended  by
section 64 of the  Companies Act 1990) or  entered into the  issuer's
register in accordance with section 59 of the Companies Act 1990.

(1)      An issuer making a notification in respect of a  transaction
relating to the shares  or debentures of  the issuer should  complete
boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.

(2)      An issuer  making a notification in respect of a  derivative
relating to the shares of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6,
8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

(3)         An issuer  making a  notification in  respect of  options
granted to a director/person discharging managerial  responsibilities
should complete boxes 1 to 3 and 17 to 24.

(4)       An issuer making a  notification in respect of a  financial
instrument relating  to  the  shares  of the  issuer  (other  than  a
debenture) should complete the boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16,
23 and 24.


All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters


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| 1  | Name of the Issuer          | 2  | State     whether     the |
|    |                             |    | notification relates to:  |
|    |                             |    | (i)        a  transaction |
|    |                             |    | notified  in   accordance |
|    |                             |    | with Market Abuse Rules;  |
|    |   Kenmare Resources plc.    |    |                           |
|    |                             |    | (ii)   a disclosure  made |
|    |                             |    | in    accordance     with |
|    |                             |    | section 53  (as  extended |
|    |                             |    | by  section  64  of   the |
|    |                             |    | Companies  Act  1990)  or |
|    |                             |    | entered into the issuer's |
|    |                             |    | register  in   accordance |
|    |                             |    | with section  59  of  the |
|    |                             |    | Companies Act 1990; or    |
|    |                             |    | (iii) both (i) and (ii).  |
|    |                             |    |                           |
|    |                             |    |                           |
|    |                             |    |           (iii)           |
|    |                             |    |                           |
|----+-----------------------------+----+---------------------------|
| 3  | Name of person  discharging | 4  | State             whether |
|    | managerial                  |    | notification relates to a |
|    | responsibilities/director:  |    | person connected  with  a |
|    |                             |    | person        discharging |
|    |                             |    | managerial                |
|    |       Donal Kinsella        |    | responsibilities/director |
|    |                             |    | named in  3 and  identify |
|    |                             |    | the connected person      |
|    |                             |    |                           |
|----+-----------------------------+----+---------------------------|
| 5  | Indicate    whether     the | 6  | Description of shares     |
|    | notification is in  respect |    | (including class)         |
|    | of a holding of the  person |    | debentures or derivatives |
|    | referred to in 3 or 4 above |    | or financial instruments  |
|    | or   in   respect   of    a |    | relating to shares        |
|    | non-beneficial interest     |    |                           |
|    |                             |    |                           |
|----+-----------------------------+----+---------------------------|
| 7  | Name     of      registered | 8  | State the nature of the   |
|    | shareholder(s) and, if more |    | transaction               |
|    | than one, number of  shares |    |                           |
|    | held by each of them        |    |                           |
|    |                             |    |                           |
|----+-----------------------------+----+---------------------------|
| 9  | Number      of      shares, | 10 | Percentage   of    issued |
|    | debentures   or   financial |    | class acquired  (treasury |
|    | instruments   relating   to |    | shares  of   that   class |
|    | shares acquired             |    | should not be taken  into |
|    |                             |    | account when calculating  |
|    |                             |    | percentage)               |
|    |                             |    |                           |
|----+-----------------------------+----+---------------------------|
| 11 | Number      of      shares, | 12 | Percentage   of    issued |
|    | debentures   or   financial |    | class disposed  (treasury |
|    | instruments   relating   to |    | shares  of   that   class |
|    | shares disposed             |    | should not be taken  into |
|    |                             |    | account when  calculating |
|    |                             |    | percentage)               |
|    |                             |    |                           |
|----+-----------------------------+----+---------------------------|
| 13 | Price per share or value of | 14 | Date and place of         |
|    | transaction                 |    | transaction               |
|    |                             |    |                           |
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| 15 | Total     holding      following | 16 | Date issuer informed |
|    | notification      and      total |    | of transaction       |
|    | percentage   holding   following |    |                      |
|    | notification    (any    treasury |    |                      |
|    | shares should not be taken  into |    |                      |
|    | account     when     calculating |    |                      |
|    | percentage)                      |    |                      |
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If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted
options by the issuer, complete the following boxes:


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| 17 | Date of grant:               | 18 | Period during  which  or |
|    |                              |    | date on which it can  be |
|    |                              |    | exercised:               |
|    | 18th December 2006           |    |                          |
|    |                              |    | Immediate                |
|----+------------------------------+----+--------------------------|
| 19 | Total amount paid (if any)   | 20 | Description of shares or |
|    | for grant of the option:     |    | debentures      involved |
|    |                              |    | (class and number):      |
|    |                              |    |                          |
|    | N/A                          |    |                          |
|    |                              |    | 500,000 ordinary  shares |
|    |                              |    | of  nominal  value  Euro |
|    |                              |    | 0.06c each               |
|----+------------------------------+----+--------------------------|
| 21 | Exercise price (if fixed  at | 22 | Total number  of  shares |
|    | time of grant) or indication |    | or debentures over which |
|    | that  the  price  is  to  be |    | options     are     held |
|    | fixed   at   the   time   of |    | following notification:  |
|    | exercise:                    |    |                          |
|    |                              |    |                          |
|    |                              |    | 1,360,000       ordinary |
|    |                              |    | shares of nominal  value |
|    | Exercise price of Stg 48p    |    | Euro 0.06c each          |
|----+------------------------------+----+--------------------------|
| 23 | Any additional information:  | 24 | Name  of   contact   and |
|    |                              |    | telephone   number   for |
|    |                              |    | queries:                 |
|    |  Options have been award to  |    |                          |
|    | Donal Kinsella following his |    |                          |
|    |  appointment as Chairman of  |    |     Deirdre Corcoran     |
|    | Mozambique Minerals Limited, |    |    Ph. [phone]    |
|    |   a subsidiary of Kenmare    |    |                          |
|    |        Resources plc         |    |                          |
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| Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer           |
| responsible for making notification                               |
| ____________________________________________________              |
| Deirdre Corcoran, Financial Controller                            |
| Date of notification         18th December 2006                   |
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