Director/PDMR Shareholding

SCHEDULE 11

    Notification of Transactions of Directors/Persons Discharging Managerial
                      Responsibility and Connected Persons

This  form is intended for use by an  issuer to make a RIS notification required
by  the Market  Abuse Rules  and section  53 (as extended  by section  64 of the
Companies  Act 1990) or  entered into  the issuer's  register in accordance with
section 59 of the Companies Act 1990.

(1)      An issuer making a notification in respect of a transaction relating to
the shares or debentures of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 16, 23 and 24.

(2)      An issuer making a notification  in respect of a derivative relating to
the  shares of the issuer should complete boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 13, 14, 16, 23 and
24.

(3)      An  issuer making  a notification  in respect  of options  granted to a
director/person discharging managerial responsibilities should complete boxes 1
to 3 and 17 to 24.

(4)      An issuer  making a notification  in respect of  a financial instrument
relating  to the shares of  the issuer (other than  a debenture) should complete
the boxes 1 to 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 24.

All relevant boxes should be completed in block capital letters

+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|1 |Name of the Issuer                  |2 |State   whether   the  notification|
|  |                                    |  |relates to:                        |
|  |                                    |  | (i)     a  transaction notified in|
|  |                                    |  |accordance with Market Abuse Rules;|
|  |       Kenmare Resources plc.       |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  | (ii)       a  disclosure  made  in|
|  |                                    |  |accordance   with   section  53 (as|
|  |                                    |  |extended   by   section  64 of  the|
|  |                                    |  |Companies Act 1990) or entered into|
|  |                                    |  |the issuer's register in accordance|
|  |                                    |  |with  section  59 of  the Companies|
|  |                                    |  |Act 1990; or                       |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  | (iii) both (i) and (ii).          |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |               (iii)               |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|3 |Name     of    person    discharging|4 |State  whether notification relates|
|  |managerial responsibilities/director|  |to a person connected with a person|
|  |                                    |  |discharging              managerial|
|  |            Jacob Deysel            |  |responsibilities/director  named in|
|  |                                    |  |3 and identify the connected person|
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                No                 |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|5 |Indicate whether the notification is|6 |Description of shares (including   |
|  |in  respect  of  a  holding  of  the|  |class) debentures or derivatives or|
|  |person  referred to  in 3 or 4 above|  |financial instruments relating to  |
|  |or  in  respect  of a non-beneficial|  |shares                             |
|  |interest                            |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  | Ordinary Shares of nominal value  |
|  |            Jacob Deysel            |  |          Euro 0.06c each          |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|7 |Name  of  registered  shareholder(s)|8 |State the nature of the transaction|
|  |and,  if  more  than  one, number of|  |                                   |
|  |shares held by each of them         |  |Purchase of Ordinary Shares        |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |            Jacob Deysel            |  |                                   |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|9 |Number   of  shares,  debentures  or|10|Percentage of issued class acquired|
|  |financial  instruments  relating  to|  |(treasury   shares  of  that  class|
|  |shares acquired                     |  |should  not  be  taken into account|
|  |                                    |  |when calculating  percentage)      |
|  |      238,792 Ordinary Shares       |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |               0.01%               |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|11|Number   of  shares,  debentures  or|12|Percentage of issued class disposed|
|  |financial  instruments  relating  to|  |(treasury   shares  of  that  class|
|  |shares disposed                     |  |should  not  be  taken into account|
|  |                                    |  |when calculating percentage)       |
|  |                N/A                 |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                N/A                |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|13|    Price per share or value of     |14|   Date and place of transaction   |
|  |            transaction             |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |     6 September 2010, Dublin      |
|  |   122,000 shares at purchase price |  |                                   |
|  |             of Stg20p              |  |     8 September 2010, Dublin      |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |   116,792 shares at purchase price |  |                                   |
|  |            of Stg20.5p             |  |                                   |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+
|15|Total holding following notification|16|Date issuer informed of transaction|
|  |and    total    percentage   holding|  |                                   |
|  |following notification (any treasury|  |122,000 shares on 7 September 2010 |
|  |shares  should  not  be  taken  into|  |                                   |
|  |account when calculating percentage)|  |116,792 shares on 8 September 2010 |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |      520,687 Ordinary Shares       |  |                                   |
|  |                                    |  |                                   |
|  |               0.02%                |  |                                   |
+--+------------------------------------+--+-----------------------------------+


If a person discharging managerial responsibilities has been granted options by
the issuer, complete the following boxes:

+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+
|17|Date of grant                     |18|Period  during which or date on which|
|  |                                  |  |it can be exercised                  |
+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+
|19|Total amount paid (if any) for    |20|Description  of shares  or debentures|
|  |grant of the option               |  |involved (class and number)          |
+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+
|21|Exercise  price (if  fixed at time|22|Total  number of shares or debentures|
|  |of  grant) or  indication that the|  |over which options are held following|
|  |price  is to be  fixed at the time|  |notification                         |
|  |of exercise                       |  |                                     |
+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+
|23|Any additional information        |24|Name  of contact and telephone number|
|  |                                  |  |for queries                          |
|  |               N/A                |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |          Deirdre Corcoran           |
|  |                                  |  |                                     |
|  |                                  |  |         Ph. [phone]          |
+--+----------------------------------+--+-------------------------------------+





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|Name and signature of duly designated officer of issuer responsible for making|
|notification                                                                  |
|                                                                              |
|____________________________________________________                          |
|                                                                              |
|Deirdre Corcoran, Company Secretary                                           |
|                                                                              |
|Date of notification     8 September 2010                                     |
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