Holding(s) in Company

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| TR-1[i]:               notification of major interests in shares |
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| 1. Identity of the issuer or the       |  Kenmare Resources Plc   |
| underlying issuer of existing shares   |                          |
| to which voting rights are             |                          |
| attached[ii]:                          |                          |
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| 2. Reason for the notification     (please tick the appropriate   |
| box or boxes)                                                     |
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| 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        |         |
|---------------------------------------------------------+---------|
| Other (please specify): Update to Total Voting Rights   |    X    |
| triggered this nofitcation.                             |         |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | Prudential plc group of  |
| the notification obligation[iii]:      |        companies         |
|----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |  See attached schedule   |
| different from 3.)[iv]:                |                          |
|----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date   |      24 August 2009      |
| on which the threshold is crossed or   |                          |
| reached if different)[v]:              |                          |
|----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      |      25 August 2009      |
|----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |        20% to 18%        |
| reached:                               |                          |
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| 8. Notified details:                                              |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                  |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Class/type of  |Situation previous to the  |Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[vii]|
|shares         |Triggering transaction [vi]|                                                         |
|(if possible   |---------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------|
|using the ISIN | Number of  |  Number of   | Number of  | Number of voting rights |% of voting rights|
|CODE)          |   Shares   |Voting Rights |   shares   |           ix            |                  |
|               |            |     viii     |------------+-------------------------+------------------|
|               |            |              |   Direct   |  Direct  x   | Indirect | Direct |Indirect |
|               |            |              |            |              |    xi    |        |         |
|---------------+------------+--------------+------------+--------------+----------+--------+---------|
|IE0004879486   | 165,702,039|   165,702,039|165,702,039 |165,702,039   |          |18.86%  |         |
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| B: Financial Instruments                                          |
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| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction xii          |
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|  Type of   | Expiration |  Exercise/   |    Number of    |  % of  |
| financial  | date xiii  | Conversion   |  voting rights  | voting |
| instrument |            | Period/ Date |   that may be   | rights |
|            |            |     xiv      | acquired if the |        |
|            |            |              |  instrument is  |        |
|            |            |              |   exercised/    |        |
|            |            |              |   converted.    |        |
|------------+------------+--------------+-----------------+--------|
|    N/A     | N/A        |     N/A      | N/A             | N/A    |
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+----------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B)                                  |
|----------------------------------------------|
| Number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 165,702,039             | 18.86%             |
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| 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting      |
| rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if  |
| applicable xv:                                                    |
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| Prudential plc (parent Company)                                   |
| M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)     |
| M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G |
| Limited)                                                          |
| M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)        |
| M&G Securities Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited)   |
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| Proxy Voting:                                                     |
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| 10. Name of the proxy holder:                               | N/A |
|-------------------------------------------------------------+-----|
| 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to      | N/A |
| hold:                                                       |     |
|-------------------------------------------------------------+-----|
| 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting    | N/A |
| rights:                                                     |     |
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| 13. Additional information: |                                     |
|                             | Calculations based on a Total       |
|                             | Voting Rights figure of             |
|                             | 878,547,274.                        |
|                             |                                     |
|-----------------------------+-------------------------------------|
| 14. Contact name:           | Dipesh Varsani                      |
|                             | M&G Investment Management Limited   |
|-----------------------------+-------------------------------------|
| 15. Contact telephone       | 020 7548 3261                       |
| number:                     |                                     |
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Notifiable Position Report for Kenmare Resources Ord Eur0.06
                      as at the 24 August 2009

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of
878,547,274 ORD EUR0.06 shares


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|                 | Registered   | Holding     | %     |            |
|                 | Holder       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| Prudential plc  |              | 165,702,039 | 18,86 | Total      |
|                 |              |             |       | Notifiable |
|                 |              |             |       | Interest   |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | HSBC SEOUL   | 19,994      |       |            |
|                 | GL BASICS    |             |       |            |
|                 | MOTHER FD    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 115,895,066 |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 26,802,353  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | PRUCLT HSBC  | 22,984,626  |       |            |
|                 | GIS NOM(UK)  |             |       |            |
|                 | PPL AC       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| M&G Group       |              | 165,702,039 | 18.86 |            |
| Limited         |              |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | HSBC SEOUL   | 19,994      |       |            |
|                 | GL BASICS    |             |       |            |
|                 | MOTHER FD    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 115,895,066 |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 26,802,353  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | PRUCLT HSBC  | 22,984,626  |       |            |
|                 | GIS NOM(UK)  |             |       |            |
|                 | PPL AC       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| M&G Investment  |              | 165,702,039 | 18.86 |            |
| Management      |              |             |       |            |
| Limited         |              |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | HSBC SEOUL   | 19,994      |       |            |
|                 | GL BASICS    |             |       |            |
|                 | MOTHER FD    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 115,895,066 |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 26,802,353  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | PRUCLT HSBC  | 22,984,626  |       |            |
|                 | GIS NOM(UK)  |             |       |            |
|                 | PPL AC       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| M&G Limited     |              | 165,702,039 | 18.86 |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | HSBC SEOUL   | 19,994      |       |            |
|                 | GL BASICS    |             |       |            |
|                 | MOTHER FD    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 115,895,066 |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 26,802,353  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | PRUCLT HSBC  | 22,984,626  |       |            |
|                 | GIS NOM(UK)  |             |       |            |
|                 | PPL AC       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| M&G Securities  |              | 142,697,419 | 16.24 |            |
| Limited         |              |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 115,895,066 |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 26,802,353  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
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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):

[ ]      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]:
            24 August 2009

6.         Date on which issuer notified;
            26 August 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        |44,933,735    |44,933,735  |43,728,271|43,728,271  |              |4.98%   |         |
|--------------------+--------------+------------+----------+------------+--------------+--------+---------|
|                    |              |            |          |            |              |        |         |
|--------------------+--------------+------------+----------+---------------------------+------------------|
|SUBTOTAL A (based on|              |            |          |                           |                  |
|aggregate voting    |    44,933,735|  44,933,735|43,728,271|43,728,271                 |4.98%             |
|rights)             |              |            |          |                           |                  |
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|B) Financial Instruments                                                       |
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|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]                      |
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|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)   |                             |      |
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+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
|-------------+-------------------------+--------------------|
|             | 43,728,271              | 4.98%              |
+------------------------------------------------------------+


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 3.64% as discretionary manager for its clients.

10.       In case of proxy voting:  n/a

11.       Additional information: n/a

Done at Edinburgh on 26 August 2009.

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

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