Announcements - 18 April 2006

RE: Holding in Company

 

The Company Secretary                                                                    

Kenmare Resources plc                                                                     

Chatham House                                                                                   

Chatham Street                                                                        

Dublin 2                                                                                                

Ireland

Fax: 00 353 1 6710810

13 April 2006

Dear Sir/Madam,

 

Companies Act 1985 (as amended):

Disclosure of Interests in Shares

In accordance with Part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) (the

"Act"), we write to inform you that the company identified herein has a

notifiable interest in the issued share capital of your company as detailed

below.

Class of share: ORD EUR 0.06

Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEBOl                      17,783,069

Nortrust Nominee Ltd A/C MEJOl                       16,287,816

M&G Investment Funds (1)                       34,070,885

This represents 5.09% of the 669,018,831 shares in issue.

For the purposes of S210 of the Act, the address for those companies

identified in the attached schedule is Laurence Pountney Hill London EC4R

OHH.

Yours faithfully,

Lara Shitta-Bey

For and on behalf of M&G Investment Funds (1)

Direct Line: 020 7548 2293

Direct Fax: 020 7548 3268