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]:

            Baillie Gifford & Co

4.         Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)[iv]:

Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited and Baillie Gifford & Co as
discretionary managers for their clients.

5.         Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is
crossed or reached[v]:

            2 September 2009

6.         Date on which issuer notified;

            3 September 2009

7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

            5%

8.         Notified details:


+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                                       |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Class/type of shares|Situation previous to the  |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]|
|(if possible using  |Triggering transaction [vi]|                                                         |
|the ISIN CODE)      |---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------|
|                    |Number of     |Number of   |Number of |Number of voting rights[xi]|% of voting rights|
|                    |Shares[viii]  |Voting      |shares[x] |                           |                  |
|                    |              |rights[ix]  |----------+---------------------------+------------------|
|                    |              |            |Direct    |Direct[xii] |Indirect[xiii]|Direct  |Indirect |
|--------------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------|
|IE0004879486        |43,728,271    |43,728,271  |44,292,518|44,292,518  |              |5.04%   |         |
|--------------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------|
|                    |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|--------------------+--------------+------------+----------+---------------------------+------------------|
|SUBTOTAL A (based on|              |            |          |                           |                  |
|aggregate voting    |    43,728,271|  43,728,271|44,292,518|44,292,518                 |5.04%             |
|rights)             |              |            |          |                           |                  |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



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



+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------+-------------------------+--------------------|
|             | 44,292,518              | 5.04%              |
+------------------------------------------------------------+


9.         Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting
rights and/or the financial instruments  are effectively held, if
applicable[xvii]:

            Baillie Gifford & Co (parent company)

Baillie Gifford Overseas Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Baillie
Gifford & Co) holds 3.71% as discretionary manager for its clients.

10.       In case of proxy voting:  n/a

11.       Additional information: n/a

Done at Edinburgh on 3 September 2009.

Contact Name: Gillian Wright, Regulatory Filings Manager
                         Legal Department
                         Baillie Gifford & Co
Contact Tel:      [phone]

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