Kenmare Resources plc : 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/EC^[i]

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

3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation^[iii]:
BlackRock, Inc.
4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)^[iv]:
5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached^[v]:
2^nd January 2013
6.         Date on which issuer notified:
4^th January 2013
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Holding has gone above 8%
8.   Notified details:

A) Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE)	Situation previous to the Triggering transaction [vi]		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]
	Number of Shares[viii]	Number of Voting rights[ix]	Number of shares[x]	Number of voting rights[xi]		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct[xii]	Indirect[xiii]	Direct	Indirect
IE0004879486	201,896,104	201,896,104	N/A	N/A	202,440,755	N/A	8.00%
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights)	201,896,104	201,896,104		202,440,755		8.00%

B) Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]
Type of financial instrument	Expiration Date[xv]	Exercise/Conversion  Period/ Date[xvi]	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
		SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates)

Total (A+B)	number of voting rights	% of voting rights
202,440,755	202,440,755	8.00%

9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable^[xvii]:
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 202,440,755 (8.00%)
10.   In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [number] voting rights as of [date].
11.   Additional information:
Done at 12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL on 4^th January, 2013.

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 legal entities)	BlackRock, Inc.
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
Phone number	[phone] [e-mail]
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Andrew Manchester

b)         Identity of the notifier, if applicable^[xix]:

Full name	BlackRock, Inc.
Contact address	12 Throgmorton Avenue, London, EC2N 2DL
Phone number	[phone]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

c)   Additional information

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