Holding(s) in Company

Capital Research and Management Company


                     FACSIMILE TRANSMITTAL SHEET



To:                   Catherine Berry

From:               Vivien Tan

Fax Number:    353 1 6710810

Date:                11 January 2008

Company:         Kenmare Resources plc

Pages:              3



Dear Catherine,

Thank you for your email dated 11 January 2008. Attached please find
an amended Notification Form for Kenmare Resources plc.

Should you require any additional information, please contact us.

Regards,


Vivien Tan
Compliance Specialist






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| 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/EC                             |
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1. Identity of the issuer or the     |   Kenmare Resources PLC    |
| underlying issuer of existing shares |                            |
| to which voting rights are           |                            |
| attached[i]:                         |                            |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate   |
| box or boxes)                                                     |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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       |    X     |
|--------------------------------------------------------+----------|
| Other (please specify):                                |          |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to |    Capital Research and    |
| the notification obligation[ii]:     |     Management Company     |
|--------------------------------------+----------------------------|
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if   |                            |
| different from 3.)[iii]:             |                            |
|--------------------------------------+----------------------------|
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date |      24 December 2007      |
| on which the threshold is crossed or |                            |
| reached if different)[iv]:           |                            |
|--------------------------------------+----------------------------|
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:    |      11 January 2008       |
|--------------------------------------+----------------------------|
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed  |             8%             |
| or reached:                          |                            |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 8. Notified details:                                              |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+




+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                          |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Class/type of    |Situation previous to the|Resulting situation after the triggering         |
|shares           |Triggering transaction   |transaction[vi]                                  |
|(if possible     |[v]                      |                                                 |
|using the ISIN   |-------------------------+-------------------------------------------------|
|CODE)            | Number of  | Number of  |Number|Number of voting rights|% of voting rights|
|                 |   Shares   |   Voting   |  of  |          ix           |                  |
|                 |            |Rights viii |shares|                       |                  |
|                 |            |            |------+-----------------------+------------------|
|                 |            |            |Direct| Direct  x  | Indirect | Direct |Indirect |
|                 |            |            |      |            |    xi    |        |         |
|-----------------+------------+------------+------+------------+----------+--------+---------|
|IE0004879486     |60,933,759  |60,933,759  |      |60,933,759  |          |        |8.1988%  |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| B: Financial Instruments                                          |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii          |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  Type of   | Expiration |  Exercise/   |    Number of    |  % of  |
| financial  | date xiii  | Conversion   |  voting rights  | voting |
| instrument |            | Period/ Date |   that may be   | rights |
|            |            |     xiv      | acquired if the |        |
|            |            |              |  instrument is  |        |
|            |            |              |   exercised/    |        |
|            |            |              |   converted.    |        |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
|    N/A     | N/A        |     N/A      | N/A             | N/A    |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+



+----------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B)                                  |
|----------------------------------------------|
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 60,933,759              | 8.1988%            |
+----------------------------------------------+






+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if  |
| applicable xv:                                                    |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| N/A                                                               |
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| 10. In case of proxy       | N/A                                  |
| voting: (name of proxy     |                                      |
| holder) will cease to hold |                                      |
| (number) voting rights as  |                                      |
| of (date):                 |                                      |
|----------------------------+--------------------------------------|
| 11. Additional Information | Please note the Notification was     |
|                            | originally submitted on 24 December  |
|                            | 2007. This is an amended             |
|                            | Notification using the updated total |
|                            | voting rights provided by the issuer |
|                            | on 10 January 2008                   |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+


Done at Los Angeles, California on 11 January 2008





















As of 21 December 2007

Kenmare Resources plc

                                             Number of        Percent
of
                                             Shares
Outstanding
Capital Research and
Management Company
("CRMC") holdings               60,933,759        8.199%


Holdings by CRMC:
- Capital Research and
   Management Company       60,933,759      8.199%
   - SMALLCAP World Fund, Inc.

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