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

[ ] other: change in Issue Share Capital.

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligationiii: JPMorgan
Asset Management Holdings Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)iv: JPMorgan Asset
Management (UK) Limited

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reachedv: 08 February 2011

6. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 5%.
7. Notified details:

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                              |
|                                                                                 |
+------------+---------------------+----------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous to|Resulting situation after the triggering      |
|of shares   |the triggering       |transaction                                   |
|If possible |transaction          |                                              |
|use ISIN    +----------+----------+-----------+------------------+---------------+
|code        |Number of |Number of |Number of  |Number of voting  |Percentage of  |
|            |shares    |voting    |shares     |rights            |voting rights  |
|            |          |rights    |           +------+-----------+------+--------+
|            |          |          |           |      |           |      |        |
|            |          |          |           |Direct|Indirect   |Direct|Indirect|
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+------+-----------+------+--------+
|IE0004879486|99,299,253|99,299,253|120,976,420|0     |120,976,420|0     |5.03%   |
+------------+----------+----------+-----------+------+-----------+------+--------+

+-----------------------------------------------+
| SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) |
|                                               |
| 120,976,420                                   |
+-----------------------------------------------+



+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B: Financial Instruments                                                      |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
|                                                                              |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+
|Type of      |Expiration   |Exercise/     |No. of voting rights  |Percentage  |
|financial    |date         |conversion    |that may be acquired  |of voting   |
|instrument   |             |period/date   |(if the instrument    |rights      |
|             |             |              |exercised/converted)  |            |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+
|Nil          |             |              |                      |            |
+-------------+-------------+--------------+----------------------+------------+
|SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)                              |
|                                                                              |
|Nil                                                                           |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|             |                         |                    |
| 120,976,420 | 120,976,420             | 5.03%              |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

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

Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc..:
120,976,420 (5.03%)

Holdings by controlled undertakings of JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc..
are as follows:

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited: 120,976,420 (5.03%)


9. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold
[number] voting rights as of [date]. N/A
10. Additional information: N/A
Done at [place] on [date].


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   |JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.
 legal entities)                       |
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 Contact address (registered office for|270 Park Avenue, New York, NY10017
 legal entities)                       |
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 Phone number                          |001 212 270 6000
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 Other useful information (at least    |N/A
 legal representative for legal        |
 persons)                              |

b) Identity of the notifier, if applicablexix:
 Full name      |Richard Lock
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 Contact address|JPmorgan Chase, 13(th) Floor, 125 London Wall, London, EC2Y
                |5AJ
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 Phone number   |0207 777 0423
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 Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or
 legal entity subject to the notification obligation) N/A

c) Additional information


Notes to Form TR-1
(i)This form is to be sent to the issuer or underlying issuer and to be filed
with the competent authority.
(ii)Either the full name of the legal entity or another method for identifying
the issuer or underlying issuer, provided it is reliable and accurate.
(iii)This should be the full name of (a) the shareholder; (b) the natural person
or legal entity acquiring, disposing of or exercising voting rights in the cases
provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive 2004/109/EC; (c) all the
parties to the agreement referred to in Article 10 (a) of that Directive, or (d)
the holder of financial instruments entitled to acquire shares already issued to
which voting rights are attached, as appropriate.
In relation to the transactions referred to in points (b) to (h) of Article 10
of that Directive, the following list is provided as indication of the persons
who should be mentioned:
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (b) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the natural person or legal entity that acquires the voting rights and is
entitled to exercise them under the agreement and the natural person or legal
entity who is transferring temporarily for consideration the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (c) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the natural person or legal entity holding the collateral, provided the person
or entity controls the voting rights and declares its intention of exercising
them, and natural person or legal entity lodging the collateral under these
conditions;
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (d) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the natural person or legal entity who has a life interest in shares if that
person or entity is entitled to exercise the voting rights attached to the
shares and the natural person or legal entity who is disposing of the voting
rights when the life interest is created;
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (e) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the controlling natural person or legal entity and, provided it has a
notification duty at an individual level under Article 9, under letters (a) to
(d) of Article 10 of that Directive or under a combination of any of those
situations, the controlled undertaking;
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (f) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the deposit taker of the shares, if he can exercise the voting rights attached
to the shares deposited with him at his discretion, and the depositor of the
shares allowing the deposit taker to exercise the voting rights at his
discretion;
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (g) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the natural person or legal entity that controls the voting rights;
- in the circumstances foreseen in letter (h) of Article 10 of that Directive,
the proxy holder, if he can exercise the voting rights at his discretion, and
the shareholder who has given his proxy to the proxy holder allowing the latter
to exercise the voting rights at his discretion.
(iv)Applicable in the cases provided for in Article 10 (b) to (h) of Directive
2004/109/EC. This should be the full name of the shareholder who is the
counterparty to the natural person or legal entity referred to in Article 10 of
that Directive unless the holdings of the shareholder would be lower than 5% of
the total number of voting rights.
(v)The date of the transaction should normally be, in the case of an on exchange
transaction, the date on which the matching of orders occurs; in the case of an
off exchange transaction, date of the entering into an agreement.
The date on which threshold is crossed should normally be the date on which the
acquisition, disposal or possibility to exercise voting rights takes effect. For
passive crossings, the date when the corporate event took effect.


(vi  )Please refer to  the situation disclosed  in the previous notification. In
case  the situation previous to the  triggering transaction was below 5%, please
state "below 5%".
(vii)If  the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should  not be obliged to disclose the extent  of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 5%.
For  the  case  provided  for  in  Article 10(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC, there
should be no disclosure of individual holdings per party to the agreement unless
a  party individually  crosses or  reaches an  Article 9 threshold. This applies
upon entering into, introducing changes to or terminating an agreement.
(viii)To be used in Member States where applicable.
(ix)Direct and indirect.
(x)To be used in Member States where applicable.
(xi)In  case of combined holdings of  shares with voting rights attached "direct
holding"  and voting rights  "indirect holding", please  split the voting rights
number  and percentage  into the  direct and  indirect columns  - if there is no
combined holdings, please leave the relevant box blank.
(xii)Voting  rights attached to shares held by the notifying party (Article 9 of
Directive 2004/109/EC).
(xiii)Voting  rights held by the notifying party independently of any holding of
shares (Article 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC).
(xiv)If  the holding has fallen below the minimum threshold, the notifying party
should  not be obliged to disclose the extent  of the holding, only that the new
holding is below 5%.
(xv)Date  of maturity/expiration of the financial  instrument i.e. the date when
right to acquire shares ends.
(xvi)If  the financial instrument has such a period - please specify this period
- for example once every 3 months starting from [date].
(xvii)The notification should include the name(s) of the controlled undertakings
through  which the voting rights are  held. The notification should also include
the  amount  of  voting  rights  and  the  percentage  held  by  each controlled
undertaking,  insofar  as  individually  the  controlled undertaking holds 5% or
more,  and insofar as the notification by  the parent undertaking is intended to
cover the notification obligations of the controlled undertaking.
(xviii)This annex is only to be filed with the competent authority.
(xix)Whenever another person makes the notification on behalf of the shareholder
or  the  natural  person/legal  entity  referred  to  in  Articles  10 and 13 of
Directive 2004/109/EC







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