Director Shareholding

Kenmare Resources PLC
23 January 2002


                       Kenmare Resources plc ('Kenmare')

                       Share Purchase by Kenmare Director


Donal Kinsella, Deputy Chairman of Kenmare Resources plc., has purchased 570,000
Ordinary EUR 0.06 cents shares in Kenmare at a price of EUR 0.24 cents per
share.



For more information :

Michael Carvill

Managing Director

[phone] or [phone]

Tony McCluskey

Financial Director

[phone] or [phone]

www.kenmareresources.com




23 January, 2002



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