Kenmare Director Appointment

Kenmare Resources plc ("Kenmare" or "the Company")

                          Kenmare Director Appointment
                                 (LSE/ISE: KMR)

25 August 2011

Kenmare's  Chairman, Charles Carvill, is pleased  to announce that Justin Loasby
has  agreed  to  join  the  Board  of  Kenmare as a Non-Executive Director, with
immediate effect.
Justin  has  over  30 years'  experience  of  international corporate finance. A
graduate  of Oxford  University and  the London  Business School (M.A. and M.Sc.
econ), Justin's early career was in the City of London, at Morgan Grenfell & Co.
Ltd  and at 3i plc. Over  the past 20 years he  was responsible for the European
Investment Bank's investment in many countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the
Indian Ocean.

From 1994 to 2005, he was EIB's Division Chief for operations in Southern Africa
and the Indian Ocean. His principal experience is in infrastructure financing in
particular,   power  and  water,  mining  and  natural  resources  finance,  and
credit/investment  schemes with  banks and  financial institutions. As Associate
Director  at EIB, he represented the Bank as shareholder/director in a number of
companies, including notably African Lion Mining Fund and Aureos Southern Africa
Fund.  Justin  retired  from  EIB  in  2007, and  continues to work in a private
capacity.  Amongst other  assignments, he  was a  Non-Executive Director of Oval
Biofuels  Limited,  Zambia,  and  he  is  currently  a  member of the Investment
Committee of the AIC Caribbean Investment Fund.
Charles Carvill, Chairman, said that he welcomed Justin to the Kenmare Board and
was looking forward to working with him.
"I  am delighted that Justin has agreed to  join the Board of Kenmare. He brings
to  the Board  a wealth  of experience  in mining  financing and  development in
Africa  which  will  be  extremely  useful  as  the  Moma Titanium Minerals Mine
continues to develop."


Charles Carvill
Chairman


For further information, please contact:

Kenmare Resources plc.
Michael Carvill, Managing Director
Tel: [phone]
Mob: + 353 87 674 0110

Tony McCluskey, Financial Director
Tel: [phone]
Mob: + 353 87 674 0346

Murray Consultants
Joe Heron/Jim Milton
Tel: [phone]
Mob: [phone]

Tavistock Communications
Paul Youens / Jos Simson
Tel: [phone]
Mob: [phone]




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