Kenmare Director Appointment

Kenmare Resources plc ("Kenmare" or "the Company")

                          Kenmare Director Appointment
                                 (LSE/ISE: KMR)

21 April 2011

Kenmare's Chairman, Charles Carvill, is today pleased to announce that Elizabeth
Headon has agreed to join the Board of Kenmare as a Non-Executive Director, with
immediate  effect.  Shareholders  will  also  be  given the opportunity to elect
Elizabeth Headon as a Non-Executive Director at the AGM on the 1 June 2011.
Elizabeth  Headon  has  over  15 years'  experience in corporate communications,
advising   and  representing  numerous  publicly  quoted  companies,  government
departments  and agencies, specialising in issue and crisis management.  She was
a  Director  of  Ireland's  leading  communications  consultancy  firm.  She now
focuses  on community relations and development and she is Chief Executive and a
Director  of the  Digicel Foundation  Haiti, based  in Port au Prince. Elizabeth
previously worked for Kenmare on the Moma site in 2007 and 2008 developing KMAD,
the community development association.  She has an MBA from the Smurfit Business
School,  University College Dublin, and a BA and MA from the National University
of Ireland, Galway.
Charles  Carvill, Chairman, said that he welcomed Elizabeth to the Kenmare Board
and was looking forward to working with her.
"I  am delighted  that Elizabeth  has agreed  to join  the Board of Kenmare. She
brings  to the Board a wealth of experience in community relations, which allied
with her previous work in public relations, will be extremely useful as the Moma
Titanium Minerals Mine continues to grow."


Charles Carvill
Chairman



For more information:
Kenmare Resources plc
Michael Carvill, Managing Director
Tel: [phone]
Mob: + 353 87 674 0110

Murray Consultants
Joe Heron
Tel: [phone]
Mob: + 353 87 690 9735

Tavistock Communications
Charlie Geller
Tel: [phone]
Mob: [phone]

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