Holding(s) in Company

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]:
            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]:
            1 April 2010
6.         Date on which issuer notified;
            6 April 2010
7.         Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
            6%
8.         Notified details:

+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|A) Voting rights attached to shares                                                        |
+------------+-----------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
|Class/type  |Situation previous to  |Resulting situation after the triggering              |
|of shares   |the Triggering         |transaction[vii]                                      |
|(if possible|transaction [vi]       |                                                      |
|using the   +------------+----------+-----------+--------------------------+---------------+
|ISIN CODE)  |Number of   |Number of |Number of  |Number of voting          |% of voting    |
|            |Shares[viii]|Voting    |shares[x]  |rights[xi]                |rights         |
|            |            |rights[ix]+-----------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|            |            |          |Direct     |Direct[xii]|Indirect[xiii]|Direct|Indirect|
+------------+------------+----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|IE0004879486|42,292,518  |42,292,518|160,513,220|160,513,220|              |6.68% |        |
+------------+------------+----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|            |            |          |           |           |              |      |        |
+------------+------------+----------+-----------+-----------+--------------+------+--------+
|SUBTOTAL A  |            |          |           |                          |               |
|(based on   |  42,292,518|42,292,518|160,513,220|160,513,220               |6.68%          |
|aggregate   |            |          |           |                          |               |
|voting      |            |          |           |                          |               |
|rights)     |            |          |           |                          |               |
+------------+------------+----------+-----------+--------------------------+---------------+



+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|B) Financial Instruments                                                      |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Resulting situation after the triggering transaction[xiv]                     |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|Type of     |Expiration  |Exercise/Conversion   |Number of voting     |% of   |
|financial   |Date[xv]    |Period/ Date[xvi]     |rights that may be   |voting |
|instrument  |            |                      |acquired if the      |rights |
|            |            |                      |instrument is        |       |
|            |            |                      |exercised/converted  |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|n/a         |n/a         |n/a                   |n/a                  |n/a    |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
|            |            |                      |                     |       |
+------------+------------+----------------------+---------------------+-------+
                          |SUBTOTAL B (in        |n/a                  |n/a    |
                          |relation to all       |                     |       |
                          |expiration dates)     |                     |       |
                          +----------------------+---------------------+-------+

+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | % of voting rights |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+
|             | 160,513,220             | 6.68%              |
+-------------+-------------------------+--------------------+

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 5.15% as discretionary manager for its clients.
10.       In case of proxy voting: n/a
11.       Additional information: n/a

Done at Edinburgh on 6 April 2010.

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




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