Kenmare Resources : Director/PDMR Shareholding

SCHEDULE 11

    Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial
                      Responsibility and Connected Persons

This  form is intended for use by an  issuer to make a RIS notification required
by  the Market  Abuse Rules  and section  53 (as extended  by section  64 of the
Companies  Act 1990) or  entered into  the issuer's  register in accordance with
section 59 of the Companies Act 1990.

(1)                      An  issuer  making  a  notification  in  respect  of  a
transaction  relating to the shares or  debentures of the issuer should complete
boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.

(2)                      An  issuer  making  a  notification  in  respect  of  a
derivative  relating  to  the  shares  of  the issuer should complete boxes 1 to
4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

(3)                     An  issuer making  a notification  in respect of options
granted  to  a  director/person  discharging  managerial responsibilities should
complete boxes 1 to 3 and 17 to 24.

(4)                    An issuer making a notification in respect of a financial
instrument  relating to the shares of the issuer (other than a debenture) should
complete the boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.


All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters

+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|1 |Name of the Issuer                  |2 |State   whether   the  notification|
|  |                                    |  |relates to:                        |
|  |       Kenmare Resources plc.       |  |(i)      a  transaction notified in|
|  |                                    |  |accordance with Market Abuse Rules;|
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |(ii)       a   disclosure  made  in|
|  |                                    |  |accordance   with   section  53 (as|
|  |                                    |  |extended   by   section  64 of  the|
|  |                                    |  |Companies Act 1990) or entered into|
|  |                                    |  |the issuer's register in accordance|
|  |                                    |  |with  section  59 of  the Companies|
|  |                                    |  |Act 1990; or                       |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |(iii) both (i) and (ii).           |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |               (iii)               |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|3 |Name     of    person    discharging|4 |State  whether notification relates|
|  |managerial responsibilities/director|  |to a person connected with a person|
|  |                                    |  |discharging              managerial|
|  |            Japie Deysel            |  |responsibilities/director  named in|
|  |                                    |  |3 and identify the connected person|
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                N/A                |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|5 |Indicate whether the notification is|6 |Description of shares (including   |
|  |in  respect  of  a  holding  of  the|  |class) debentures or derivatives or|
|  |person  referred to  in 3 or 4 above|  |financial instruments relating to  |
|  |or  in  respect  of a non-beneficial|  |shares                             |
|  |interest                            |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  | Ordinary Shares on nominal value  |
|  |            Japie Deysel            |  |          Euro0.06c each           |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|7 |Name  of  registered  shareholder(s)|8 |State the nature of the transaction|
|  |and,  if  more  than  one, number of|  |                                   |
|  |shares held by each of them         |  |       Purchase of shares          |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |            Japie Deysel            |  |                                   |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|9 |Number   of  shares,  debentures  or|10|Percentage of issued class acquired|
|  |financial  instruments  relating  to|  |  (treasury shares of that class   |
|  |shares acquired                     |  | should not be taken into account  |
|  |                                    |  |   when calculating  percentage)   |
|  |              108,924               |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |              0.0045%              |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|11|Number   of  shares,  debentures  or|12|Percentage of issued class disposed|
|  |financial  instruments  relating  to|  |(treasury   shares  of  that  class|
|  |shares disposed                     |  |should  not  be  taken into account|
|  |                                    |  |when calculating percentage)       |
|  |                N/A                 |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                N/A                |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|13|Price per share or value of         |14|Date and place of transaction      |
|  |transaction                         |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |      8 December 2011, Dublin      |
|  |               €0.45                |  |                                   |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+

+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|15|Total holding following notification|16|Date issuer informed of transaction|
|  |and    total    percentage   holding|  |                                   |
|  |following notification (any treasury|  |                                   |
|  |shares  should  not  be  taken  into|  |                                   |
|  |account when calculating percentage)|  |          8 December 2011          |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |             1,225,716              |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |               0.051%               |  |                                   |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+














If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by
the issuer, complete the following boxes:

+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+
|17|Date of grant                     |18|Period  during which or date on which|
|  |                                  |  |it can be exercised                  |
|  |                                  |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |                                     |
|  |               N/A                |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |                 N/A                 |
+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+
|19|Total amount paid (if any) for    |20|Description  of shares  or debentures|
|  |grant of the option               |  |involved (class and number)          |
|  |                                  |  |                                     |
|  |               N/A                |  |                 N/A                 |
+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+
|21|Exercise  price (if  fixed at time|22|Total  number of shares or debentures|
|  |of  grant) or  indication that the|  |over which options are held following|
|  |price  is to be  fixed at the time|  |notification                         |
|  |of exercise                       |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |                 N/A                 |
|  |               N/A                |  |                                     |
+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+
|23|Any additional information        |24|Name  of contact and telephone number|
|  |                                  |  |for queries                          |
|  |               N/A                |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |          Deirdre Corcoran           |
|  |                                  |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |         Ph. [phone]          |
+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+





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|Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer responsible for making|
|notification                                                                  |
|                                                                              |
|____________________________________________________                          |
|                                                                              |
|Deirdre Corcoran, Company Secretary                                           |
|                                                                              |
|Date of notification          9 December 2011                                 |
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