Holding(s) in Company

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)                             |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
                                               |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying   |                               |
|issuer                                        |     Kenmare Resources Plc     |
|of existing shares to which voting rights are |                               |
|attached: (ii)                                |                               |
+----------------------------------------------+-------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                          |   X    |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------+--------+
|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                                   |   Prudential plc group of companies   |
|notification obligation: (iii)        |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)        |         See attached schedule         |
| (if different from 3.):(iv)          |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and date on|                                       |
|which the threshold is crossed or     |             01 April 2010             |
|reached: (v)                          |                                       |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer notified:     |             06 April 2010             |
+--------------------------------------+---------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or|              See item 13              |
|reached:(vi, vii)                     |                                       |
+-----------------------+--------------+-------+----------------------+--------+
                        |              |       |                      |



+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8. Notified details:                                                                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)                                        |
+------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous     |Resulting situation after the triggering         |
|of          |to the triggering      |transaction                                      |
|shares      |transaction            |                                                 |
|            +-----------+-----------+------------+--------------------+---------------+
|if possible |Number     |Number     |Number      |Number of voting    |% of  voting   |
|using       |of         |of         |of shares   |rights              |rights (x)     |
|the ISIN    |  ares     | oting     +------------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|CODE        |           |Rights     |Direct      |Direct (xi)|Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|            |           |           |            |           |(xii)   |      |        |
+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|IE0004879486|184,692,811|184,682,811|437,464,646 |437,464,646|   0    |18.20%|   0%   |
+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|  Placing   |           |           |            |           |        |      |        |
|   shares   |18,997,919 |18,997,919 | 18,997,919 |18,997,919 |   0    |0.79% |   0%   |
|IE0004879486|           |           |            |           |        |      |        |
+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+--------+------+--------+

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

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

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                         |
+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |Percentage of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|456,462,565                          |18.99%                                          |
+------------+++-------+-++-------+--++---------+++-----------+++------++-----+--------+
             |||       | ||       |  ||         |||           |||      ||     |

+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:(xxi)               |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Prudential plc (parent Company)                                               |
|M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)                 |
|M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)                    |
|M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)    |
|M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)               |
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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

+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|                             |M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary |
|13. Additional information:  |of M&G Limited) has moved to a 16% notifiable   |
|                             |interest triggering this notification.          |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |Dipesh Varsani / Mark Thomas                    |
|                             |M&G Investment Management Limited               |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266                   |
+-----------------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
                              |                 |



Notifiable Position Report for Kenmare Resources Ord Eur0.06

                            as at the 06 April 2010



Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of
2,403,127,212 ORD EUR0.06 shares





+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |Registered   |Holding    |Voting Rights |% Voting |             |
|             |Holder       |           |              |Rights   |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|Prudential   |             |           |456,462,565   |18.99    |Total        |
|plc          |             |           |              |         |Notifiable   |
|             |             |           |              |         |Interest     |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |PRUCLT HSBC  |60,959,228 |60,959,228    |         |             |
|             |GIS NOM(UK)  |           |              |         |             |
|             |PPL AC       |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST NOMS|71,084,505 |71,084,505    |         |             |
|             |LTD A/C MEJ01|           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |HSBC SEOUL GL|34,083     |34,083        |         |             |
|             |BASICS MOTHER|           |              |         |             |
|             |FD           |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST     |324,384,749|324,384,749   |         |             |
|             |NOMINEE LTD  |           |              |         |             |
|             |A/C MKK01    |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|M&G Group    |             |           |456,462,565   |18.99    |             |
|Limited      |             |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |PRUCLT HSBC  |60,959,228 |60,959,228    |         |             |
|             |GIS NOM(UK)  |           |              |         |             |
|             |PPL AC       |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST NOMS|71,084,505 |71,084,505    |         |             |
|             |LTD A/C MEJ01|           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |HSBC SEOUL GL|34,083     |34,083        |         |             |
|             |BASICS MOTHER|           |              |         |             |
|             |FD           |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST     |324,384,749|324,384,749   |         |             |
|             |NOMINEE LTD  |           |              |         |             |
|             |A/C MKK01    |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|M&G          |             |           |456,462,565   |18.99    |             |
|Investment   |             |           |              |         |             |
|Management   |             |           |              |         |             |
|Limited      |             |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |PRUCLT HSBC  |60,959,228 |60,959,228    |         |             |
|             |GIS NOM(UK)  |           |              |         |             |
|             |PPL AC       |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST NOMS|71,084,505 |71,084,505    |         |             |
|             |LTD A/C MEJ01|           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |HSBC SEOUL GL|34,083     |34,083        |         |             |
|             |BASICS MOTHER|           |              |         |             |
|             |FD           |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST     |324,384,749|324,384,749   |         |             |
|             |NOMINEE LTD  |           |              |         |             |
|             |A/C MKK01    |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|M&G Limited  |             |           |456,462,565   |18.99    |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |PRUCLT HSBC  |60,959,228 |60,959,228    |         |             |
|             |GIS NOM(UK)  |           |              |         |             |
|             |PPL AC       |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST NOMS|71,084,505 |71,084,505    |         |             |
|             |LTD A/C MEJ01|           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |HSBC SEOUL GL|34,083     |34,083        |         |             |
|             |BASICS MOTHER|           |              |         |             |
|             |FD           |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST     |324,384,749|324,384,749   |         |             |
|             |NOMINEE LTD  |           |              |         |             |
|             |A/C MKK01    |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|M&G          |             |           |395,469,254   |16.45    |             |
|Securities   |             |           |              |         |             |
|Limited      |             |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST NOMS|71,084,505 |71,084,505    |         |             |
|             |LTD A/C MEJ01|           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+
|             |NORTRUST     |324,384,749|324,384,749   |         |             |
|             |NOMINEE LTD  |           |              |         |             |
|             |A/C MKK01    |           |              |         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+---------+-------------+

END OF REPORT




+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)                             |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
                                         |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|1. Identity of the issuer or the        |                                     |
|underlying issuer                       |                                     |
|of existing shares to which voting      |        Kenmare Resources Plc        |
|rights are                              |                                     |
|attached: (ii)                          |                                     |
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
|2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):     |
+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
|An acquisition or disposal of voting rights       |             X             |
+--------------------------------------------------+---------------------------+
|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                  |                          M&G Investment     |
|notification obligation: (iii)  |Funds 3                                      |
|                                |                                             |
|                                |                                             |
+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|                                |                                             |
|4. Full name of shareholder(s)  |                                             |
| (if different from 3.):(iv)    |       Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MKK01        |
|                                |                                             |
|                                |                                             |
+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|5. Date of the transaction and  |                                             |
|date on                         |                                             |
|which the threshold is crossed  |                01 April 2010                |
|or                              |                                             |
|reached: (v)                    |                                             |
+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|6. Date on which issuer         |                06 April 2010                |
|notified:                       |                                             |
+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------+
|7. Threshold(s) that is/are     |                                             |
|crossed or                      |                     13%                     |
|reached:(vi, vii)               |                                             |
+------------------+-------------+-------+---------+---------------------------+
                   |             |       |         |




+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|8. Notified details:                                                                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)                                        |
+------------+-----------------------+-------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Class/type of          |Class/type of                                    |
|of          |shares                 |shares                                           |
|shares      |                       |                                                 |
|            |if possible using      |if possible using                                |
|if possible |the ISIN CODE          |the ISIN CODE                                    |
|using       +-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+------------------------+
|the ISIN    |Number     |Number     |Number      |Number of  |% of  voting rights (x) |
|CODE        |of         |of         |of shares   |voting     |                        |
|            |Shares     |Voting     |            |rights     |                        |
|            |           | ights     +------------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|            |           |           |Direct      |Direct (xi)|Indirect|Direct|Indirect|
|            |           |           |            |           |(xii)   |      |        |
+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|IE0004879486|115,895,066|115,895,066|324,384,749 |324,384,749|   0    |13.49%|   0%   |
+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+--------+------+--------+
|            |           |           |            |           |        |      |        |
+------------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----------+--------+------+--------+

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

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

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Total (A+B+C)                                                                         |
+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|Number of voting rights              |Percentage of voting rights                     |
+-------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|324,384,749                          |13.49%                                          |
+------------+++-------+-++-------+--++---------+++-----------+++------++-----+--------+
             |||       | ||       |  ||         |||           |||      ||     |


+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the|
|financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:(xxi)               |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                              |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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

+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|                             |With  reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds|
|13. Additional information:  |3 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and|
|                             |is  not a  Prudential group  company and must be|
|                             |separately disclosed.                           |
|                             |This  OEIC  Fund  is  managed  by M&G Investment|
|                             |Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of|
|                             |Prudential  plc) and  will have  been previously|
|                             |attributed to Prudential plc solely on the basis|
|                             |that  M&G Investment  Management Ltd  has direct|
|                             |fund   management   control   over   the  shares|
|                             |identified in this notification.                |
|                             |                                                |
|                             |Therefore  the 13.49% holding being disclosed in|
|                             |this  notification is encompassed in the 18.99% |
|                             |already disclosed under The Prudential plc group|
|                             |of companies and is NOT in addition to it.      |
|                             |                                                |
|                             |                                                |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|14. Contact name:            |Mark Thomas                                     |
|                             |M&G Investment Management Limited               |
+-----------------------------+------------------------------------------------+
|15. Contact telephone number:|020 7548 3261 / 020 7548 3266                   |
+-----------------------------+-----------------+------------------------------+
                              |                 |



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