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             |    X    |
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| 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): Please refer to item 13         |         |
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| 3. Full name of person(s) subject to   | Prudential plc group of  |
| the notification obligation[iii]:      |        companies         |
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| 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if     |  See attached schedule   |
| different from 3.)[iv]:                |                          |
|----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| 5. Date of the transaction (and date   |     29 January 2009      |
| on which the threshold is crossed or   |                          |
| reached if different)[v]:              |                          |
|----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| 6. Date on which issuer notified:      |     30 January 2009      |
|----------------------------------------+--------------------------|
| 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or |        16% to 17%        |
| reached:                               |                          |
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| 8. Notified details:                                              |
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|A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                  |
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|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   |134,645,803 |134,645,803   |136,095,803 |136,095,803   |          |17.11%  |         |
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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 |
|-------------------------+--------------------|
| 136,095,803             | 17.11%             |
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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 Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited)        |
| M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G |
| 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:   |                                   |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------------------|
| 14. Contact name:             | Dipesh Varsani                    |
|                               | M&G Investment Management Limited |
|-------------------------------+-----------------------------------|
| 15. Contact telephone number: | 020 7548 3261                     |
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Notifiable Position Report for Kenmare Resources Ord Eur0.06
                      as at the 29 January 2009

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of
795,129,245 ORD EUR0.06 shares


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|                 | Registered   | Holding     | %     |            |
|                 | Holder       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| Prudential plc  |              | 136,095,803 | 17.11 | Total      |
|                 |              |             |       | Notifiable |
|                 |              |             |       | Interest   |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | HSBC SEOUL   | 17,706      |       |            |
|                 | GL BASICS    |             |       |            |
|                 | MOTHER FD    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 95,709,707  |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 23,734,769  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | PRUCLT HSBC  | 16,633,621  |       |            |
|                 | GIS NOM(UK)  |             |       |            |
|                 | PPL AC       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| M&G Group       |              | 136,095,803 | 17.11 |            |
| Limited         |              |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | HSBC SEOUL   | 17,706      |       |            |
|                 | GL BASICS    |             |       |            |
|                 | MOTHER FD    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 95,709,707  |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 23,734,769  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | PRUCLT HSBC  | 16,633,621  |       |            |
|                 | GIS NOM(UK)  |             |       |            |
|                 | PPL AC       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| M&G Investment  |              | 136,095,803 | 17.11 |            |
| Management      |              |             |       |            |
| Limited         |              |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | HSBC SEOUL   | 17,706      |       |            |
|                 | GL BASICS    |             |       |            |
|                 | MOTHER FD    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 95,709,707  |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 23,734,769  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | PRUCLT HSBC  | 16,633,621  |       |            |
|                 | GIS NOM(UK)  |             |       |            |
|                 | PPL AC       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| M&G Limited     |              | 136,095,803 | 17.11 |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | HSBC SEOUL   | 17,706      |       |            |
|                 | GL BASICS    |             |       |            |
|                 | MOTHER FD    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 95,709,707  |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 23,734,769  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | PRUCLT HSBC  | 16,633,621  |       |            |
|                 | GIS NOM(UK)  |             |       |            |
|                 | PPL AC       |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
| M&G Securities  |              | 119,444,476 | 15.02 |            |
| Limited         |              |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 95,709,707  |       |            |
|                 | NOMINEE LTD  |             |       |            |
|                 | A/C MKK01    |             |       |            |
|-----------------+--------------+-------------+-------+------------|
|                 | NORTRUST     | 23,734,769  |       |            |
|                 | NOMS LTD A/C |             |       |            |
|                 | MEJ01        |             |       |            |
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