Moma Mine Capacity

Kenmare Resources PLC
16 May 2005

               Kenmare Resources plc ('Kenmare' or 'the Company')



                 HIGHER CAPACITY LEVELS EXPECTED FROM MOMA MINE

Kenmare Resources plc is pleased to announce that final flowsheet development of
the processing facility for its Moma Titanium Minerals Project in Mozambique has
indicated that the mine will have the capacity to produce 701,000 tonnes of
ilmenite per annum. The previously reported production volume for ilmenite was
615,000 tonnes. Rutile and zircon production volumes remain substantially
unchanged.

Ilmenite is most commonly used to manufacture white pigment, which in turn is
used in paint, plastics, fabrics and paper.

The Moma Mine construction programme is on schedule, with production due to
commence in the second half of 2006.



16th May 2005



For more information:

Kenmare Resources plc
Michael Carvill, Managing Director
Tel: + 353 1 671 0411 / Mob: + 353 87 674 0110

Conduit PR Ltd
Leesa Peters/Pam Spooner
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 618 8708 / Mob: + 44 (0) 781 215 9885

Murray Consultants Ltd
Elizabeth Headon
Tel: + 353 1 498 0300 / Mob: + 353 87 989 7234
                            www.kenmareresources.com





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