JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS–(Marketwired – Feb 8, 2016) – (LSE: RRS) (NASDAQ: GOLD)

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands
Reg. No. 62686
LSE Trading Symbol: RRS
NASDAQ Trading Symbol: GOLD
(“Randgold Resources” or the “Company”)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:ii						Randgold Resources Limited
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights									¨
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached									X
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments									X
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights									¨
Other (please specify):									¨
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:iii					BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v					4 February, 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:					8 February, 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:vi, vii					Financial Instruments holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone above 10%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE		Situation previous to the triggering transaction			Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
		Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights		Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights x
					Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00B01C3S32		6,131,689	6,131,689		N/A	N/A	6,081,207	N/A	6.52%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Expiration datexiii	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxiv			Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.		% of voting rights
Securities Lending						897,214		0.96%
American Depository Receipt						8,416,411		9.02%
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price	Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion periodxviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to		% of voting rights xix, xx
CFD						9,112		Nominal	Delta
								0.00%	0.00%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights						Percentage of voting rights
15,403,944						16.52%

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