Kenmare Resources plc
Result of Annual General Meeting
Dublin, 31 May 2012: The following announcement replaces the announcement issued at 1.34 pm today.
At the Annual General Meeting of Kenmare Resources plc ("Kenmare" or the "Company") held today at The Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street, Dublin 2, Ireland all of the resolutions considered and voted upon by the shareholders were approved on a show of hands.
The full text of each resolution was included in the notice of the meeting circulated to shareholders on 20 April 2012.
In accordance with the Listing Rules two copies of the resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting have been forwarded to the Irish Stock Exchange.
The shareholder votes in respect of each resolution are set out below:-
| Resolution | Total | For | Against | Vote withheld* |
| Consider the financial statements | 1,584,143,276 | 1,584,114,960 (100%) | 28,316 (0%) | 9,325,589 |
| Consider the Directors' Remuneration Report | 1,287,530,530 | 975,592,082 (75.77%) | 311,938,448 (24.23%) | 305,938,334 |
| Re-elect Ms. S. Bianchi | 1,593,313,920 | 1,527,152,278 (95.85%) | 66,161,642 (4.15%) | 154,945 |
| Re-elect Mr. M. Carvill | 1,593,311,696 | 1,587,956,542 (99.66%) | 5,355,154 (0.34%) | 157,169 |
| Re-elect Mr. J. Deysel | 1,593,312,773 | 1,583,379,757 (99.38%) | 9,933,016 (0.62%) | 156,092 |
| Re-elect Mr. I. Egan | 1,554,071,695 | 1,524,216,467 (98.08%) | 29,855,228 (1.92%) | 39,397,170 |
| Re-elect Mr. S. Farrell | 1,554,077,043 | 1,529,547,163 (98.42%) | 24,529,880 (1.58%) | 39,391,822 |
| Re-elect Mr. T. Fitzpatrick | 1,593,301,911 | 1,583,398,555 (99.38%) | 9,903,356 (0.62%) | 166,954 |
| Re-elect Ms. E. Headon | 1,593,314,710 | 1,593,253,561 (100%) | 61,149 (0%) | 154,155 |
| Re-elect Mr. T. Lowrie | 1,557,219,079 | 1,535,467,951 (98.60%) | 21,751,128 (1.40%) | 36,249,786 |
| Re-elect Mr. P. McAleer | 1,554,077,320 | 1,531,346,069 (98.54%) | 22,731,251 (1.46%) | 39,388,893 |
| Re-elect Mr. T. McCluskey | 1,593,314,886 | 1,579,758,782 (99.15%) | 13,556,104 (0.85%) | 153,979 |
| Elect Mr J. Loasby | 1,593,275,236 | 1,584,827,983 (99.47%) | 8,447,253 (0.53%) | 189,881 |
| Authority to fix auditor's remuneration | 1,593,314,450 | 1,589,597,408 (99.77%) | 3,717,042 (0.23%) | 92,415 |
| Directors' share allotment authority | 1,593,241,038 | 1,569,697,944 (98.52%) | 23,543,094 (1.48%) | 227,827 |
| To dis-apply pre-emption rights | 1,593,273,444 | 1,593,082,079 (99.99%) | 191,365 (0.01%) | 195,421 |
| Convening EGMs on 14 days' notice | 1,593,403,161 | 1,523,830,493 (95.63%) | 69,572,668 (4.37%) | 62,104 |
*A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for or against a resolution.
For further information, please contact:
Kenmare Resources plc
Deirdre Corcoran
Company Secretary
Tel: + 353 1 6710411