Re: Holding(s) in the 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]
This  notification is for filing purposes only in accordance with Regulation 22
of the Transparency (Directive 2004/109/EC) Regulations 2007.

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):
[ü ]         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

[  ]        other;

3.        Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation[iii]:
FMR LLC
4.        Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]: see schedule
5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached[v]: 08 July 2011
6.        Date on which issuer notified: 12 July 2011
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 3%
8. Notified details:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                       |
+------------+-----------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous to  |Resulting situation after the triggering             |
|of shares   |the Triggering         |transaction[vii]                                     |
|(if possible|transaction [vi]       |                                                     |
|using the   +------------+----------+----------+--------------------------+---------------+
|ISIN CODE)  |Number of   |Number of |Number of |Number of voting          |% of voting    |
|            |Shares[viii]|Voting    |shares[x] |rights[xi]                |rights         |
|            |            |rights[ix]+----------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|            |            |          |Indirect  |Direct[xii]|Indirect[xiii]|Direct|Indirect|
+------------+------------+----------+----------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|IE0004879486|70,283,200  |70,283,200|72,482,000|           |72,482,000    |      |3.01    |
+------------+------------+----------+----------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|            |            |          |          |           |              |      |        |
+------------+------------+----------+----------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|SUBTOTAL A  |70,283,200  |70,283,200|72,482,000|72,482,000                |3.01           |
|(based on   |            |          |          |                          |               |
|aggregate   |            |          |          |                          |               |
|voting      |            |          |          |                          |               |
|rights)     |            |          |          |                          |               |
+------------+------------+----------+----------+--------------------------+---------------+

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

+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|             | 72,482,000              | 3.01               |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

9.        Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights
and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable[xvii]: See
attached schedule
10.        In case of proxy voting: Number of voting rights proxy holder will
acquire is 2,198,800
11.        Additional information: None


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|FMR                                                                           |
|                                                                              |


 Issuer name:          KENMARE RESOURCES PLC



 Current ownership                     3.01%
 percentage:



 Total shares held:               72,482,000



 Issued share capital:         2,404,358,878



                            SHARES HELD          NOMINEE         MANAGEMENT
                                                                   COMPANY
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 FIL Limited (FIL) is              2,452,600 BROWN BROTHERS   FMR
 the parent                                  HARRIMAN AND CO

 holding company for               4,035,117 BROWN BROTHERS   FMRCO
 various direct and                          HARRIMAN AND CO
 indirect

 subsidiaries,                       614,300 CITIBANK NA      FMRCO
 including FIL Fund
 Management

 Limited (FFML), FIL                  78,000 JP MORGAN CHASE  FMR
 Investment Services                         BANK
 Ltd

 (FISL), FIL Gestion              28,334,872 JP MORGAN CHASE  FMRCO
 (FIGEST), FIL                               BANK

 Investments Advisory             30,260,311 MELLON BANK N.A. FMRCO
 (Korea) Limited
 (FIAKL),

 FIL Investments                   1,424,200 STATE STREET     FCL
 Management (Hong                            BANK AND TR CO
 Kong)

 Limited (FIMHK), FIL                171,100 STATE STREET     FMR
 Pension Management                          BANK AND TR CO

 (FPM), FIL                           57,700 STATE STREET     FMRCO
 Investments Japan                           BANK AND TR CO
 (FIJ) and FIL

 Investments                       1,364,600 STATE STREET     PTC
 International (FII),                        BANK AND TR CO
 investment managers

 for various non-US                2,546,500 STATE STREET     FCCG
 investment companies                        BANK AND TR CO
 and

 institutional                       443,900 JPMORGAN CHASE   FMR
 clients.                                    BANK

                                     698,800 NORTHERN TRUST   PTC
                                             CO (C )

 FMR LLC is the parent
 holding company of
 Fidelity

 Management & Research
 Company (FMRCO),
 investment

 manager for US mutual
 funds, and Fidelity
 Management Trust

 Company (FMTC) and
 Pyramis Global
 Advisors Trust
 Company

 (PGATC), a US state
 chartered bank which
 acts as a trustee

 or investment manager
 of various pension
 and trust accounts

 and Pyramis Global
 Advisors LLC
 (PGALLC).








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