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RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITEDIncorporated in Jersey, Channel IslandsReg. No. 62686LSE Trading Symbol: RRSNasdaq Trading Symbol: GOLD("Randgold Resources" or the "Company")London, 7 December 2012TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi1. Identity of the issuer or theunderlying issuer of existing shares          Randgold Resources Limitedto which voting rights are attached:ii2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box orboxes:An acquisition or disposal of voting rights             XAn acquisition or disposal of qualifyingfinancial instruments which may result inthe acquisition of shares already issuedto which voting rights are attachedAn acquisition or disposal of instrumentswith similar economic effect to qualifyingfinancial instruments                                    XAn event changing the breakdown of votingrightsOther (pleasespecify):3. Full name of person(s) subject tothe notification obligation:iii               BlackRock, Inc.4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):iv5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed or             4 December 2012reached:v6. Date on which issuer notified:             6 December 20127. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or        Holding has gone below 15%reached:vi, vii8. Notified details:A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ixClass/type     Situation previousof shares      to the triggering               transactionif possible    Number of   Number ofusing ISIN     Shares      Voting RightsCODEGB00B01C3S32   13,762,545  13,762,545Resulting situation after the triggering transactionNumber of     Number of voting        %of voting rightsShares        rightsDirect        Direct    Indirect      Direct     IndirectN/A           N/A       13,581,998    N/A        14.76%B: Qualifying Financial InstrumentsResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial   Expiration date xiii    Exercise/Conversioninstrument                                  Period xivNumber of voting rights that may be         % of voting rightsacquired if the instrument is exercised/converted.C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to QualifyingFinancial Instruments xv, xviResulting situation after the triggering transactionType of financial   Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/Conversioninstrument          price      date xvii    periodCFDNumber of voting rights         % of voting rightsinstrument refers to            Nominal    Delta173,382                         0.18%      0.18%Total (A+B+C)Number of voting rights                 Percentage of voting rights13,755,380                              14.95%9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxiBlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 13,755,380 (14.95%)Proxy Voting:10. Name of the proxy holder:11. Number of voting rights proxy holder willcease to hold:12. Date on which proxy holder will cease tohold voting rights:13. Additional information:              BlackRock Regulatory Threshold                                         Reporting Team14. Contact name:                        William Graham15. Contact telephone number:            020 7743 1459Annex: Notification of major interests in shares xxiiA: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notificationobligationFull name(including legal form of legal           BlackRock, Inc.entities)Contact address                          12 Throgmorton Avenue,(registered office for legal             London EC2N 2DLentities)Phone number & email                     020 7743 1459;                                         william.graham@blackrock.comOther useful information(at least legal representative for       William Grahamlegal persons)B: Identity of the notifier, if applicableFull name                            Martin WelshContact address                      Randgold Resources Limited                                     3rd Floor, Unity Chambers                                     28 Halkett Street                                     St. Helier                                     Jersey                                     JE2 4WJPhone number & email                 +44 1534 735 333                                     martin.welsh@randgoldresources.comOther useful information(e.g. functional relationship with theperson or legal entity subject to thenotification obligation)C: Additional information                    This information is provided by RNS          The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeEND