Kenmare Resources plc : Holding(s) in Company

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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 Global Funds - World Mining Fund

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]:

16th October 2013
6.         Date on which issuer notified:
18th October 2013
7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Holding has gone above 4%
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 72,665,000 72,665,000 137,370,193 137,370,193 N/A 4.94% N/A
SUBTOTAL A (based on aggregate voting rights) 137,370,193 137,370,193 4.94%

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
137,370,193 137,370,193 4.94%

9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable[xvii]:
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, U.K. on 18th October, 2013.