Holding(s) in Company

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
                                               |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               |
|issuer                                        |                               |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are |     Kenmare Resources Plc     |
|attached:                                     |                               |
|                                              |                               |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):    |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          |  Yes   |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|                                                                     |        |
|An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which |        |
|may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which      |        |
|voting rights are attached.                                          |        |
|                                                                     |        |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|                                                                     |        |
|An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic      |        |
|effect to qualifying financial instruments                           |        |
|                                                                     |        |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                     |        |
+-----------------------+---------------------------------------------+--------+
|                       |                                             |        |
|Other (please specify):|                                             |        |
|                       |                                             |        |
+-----------------------+--------------+------------------------------+--------+
|3. Full name of person(s) subject to  |                                       |
|the                                   |    Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)    |
|notification obligation:              |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |                  N/A                  |
| (if different from 3.):              |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|                                      |                                       |
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |            08 October 2010            |
|reached:                              |                                       |
|                                      |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |            11 October 2010            |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|                                       |
|reached:                              |            Above 3% (L&G)             |
|                                      |                                       |
+-----------------------+--------------+-------+----------------------+--------+




+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8. Notified details:                                                          |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           |
+-----------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type |   Situation   |     Resulting situation after the triggering     |
|of         |   previous    |                   transaction                    |
|shares     |    to the     |                                                  |
|           |  triggering   |                                                  |
|if possible|  transaction  |                                                  |
|using      +------+--------+------------+-------------------+-----------------+
|the ISIN   |Number| Number |            | Number of voting  |  % of  voting   |
|CODE       |  of  |   of   |   Number   |      rights       |     rights      |
|           |  ares| Vo in  | of sh  es  +----------+--------+-------+---------+
|           |      | Rights |            |  Direct  |Indirect|Direct |Indirect |
+-----------+------+--------+------------+----------+--------+-------+---------+
|           |   Below 3%    |            |          |        |       |         |
|           |    (First     |            |          |        |       |         |
|EUR 0.06   |notification as| 76,969,600 |76,969,600|        | 3.20% |         |
|           |    per DTR    |            |          |        |       |         |
|           |  Sourcebook)  |            |          |        |       |         |
+-----------+---------------+------------+----------+--------+-------+---------+

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

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial |
|Instruments                                                                   |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          |
+------------+---------+-----------+-----------+---------------+---------------+
|            |         |           |           |               |               |
|Type      of|Exercise |Expiration |Exercise/  |Number       of|%   of   voting|
|financial   |price    |date       |Conversion |voting   rights|rights         |
|instrument  |         |           |period     |instrument     |               |
|            |         |           |           |refers to      |               |
|            |         |           |           |               |               |
+------------+---------+-----------+-----------+---------------+--------+------+
|            |         |           |           |               |Nominal |Delta |
|            |         |           |           |               +--------+------+
|            |         |           |           |               |        |      |
+------------+---------+-----------+-----------+---------------+--------+------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights            |Percentage of voting rights               |
+-----------------------------------+------------------------------------------+
|                                   |                                          |
|             76,969,600            |                  3.20%                   |
|                                   |                                          |
+-----------+++----+---+--+-+------++----+-----++---+--------+-++----+--+------+




+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and                                         |
|Indirect) (Group)                                                             |
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Investment Management                                         |
|(Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and                                        |
|Indirect)                                                                     |
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Investment Management Limited                                 |
|(Indirect) (LGIM)                                                             |
|                                                                              |
| Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 76,969,600 - 3.20%= LGAS, LGPL &  |
|                                     PMC)                                     |
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Investment         Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited |
|Management (Holdings) Limited      (Direct) (LGIH)                            |
|(Direct) (LGIMHD)                                                             |
|                                                                              |
|Legal & General Assurance          Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  |
|(Pensions Management) Limited      (LGAS & LGPL)                              |
|(PMC)                                                                         |
|                                                                              |
|                                   Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  |
|                                    (LGPL)                                    |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Proxy Voting:                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|10. Name of the proxy holder:                  |             N/A              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will  |             N/A              |
|cease                                          |                              |
|to hold:                                       |                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+
|12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to   |             N/A              |
|hold                                           |                              |
|voting rights:                                 |                              |
+-----------------------------------------------+------------------------------+

+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|                             |   Notification using the total voting rights   |
|13. Additional information:  |            figure of  2,403,502,212            |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |                Paul Toon (LGIM)                |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|                 020 3124 3854                  |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+


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