Randgold Resources: Holding(s) in Company

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 02/03/17 -- Randgold Resources (NASDAQ: GOLD)(LSE: RRS)

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

Jersey, Channel Islands, 3 February 2017

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are     Randgold Resources Limited
attached:(ii)
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2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial
instruments which may result in the acquisition of
shares already issued to which voting rights are                         X
attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with
similar economic effect to qualifying financial
instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
notification obligation:(iii)                          BlackRock, Inc.
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4. Full name of shareholder(s)
 (if different from 3.):(iv)
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5. Date of the transaction and date on which the
threshold is crossed or reached:(v)                    1 February, 2017
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                      2 February, 2017
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                                                  Financial Instruments
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:   holding for BlackRock,
(vi, vii)                                         Inc. has gone below 10%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares(viii, ix)
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Class/type of Situation previous  Resulting situation after the triggering
shares if     to the triggering   transaction
possible      transaction
using
the ISIN CODE
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              Number of Number of Number Number of voting   % of voting
              Shares    Voting    of     rights             rights (x)
                        Rights    shares
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                                         Direct   Indirect
                                  Direct (xi)     (xii)     Direct Indirect
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GB00B01C3S32  7,019,402 7,019,402 N/A    N/A      7,510,459 N/A    8.01%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of         Expiration     Exercise/      Number of       % of voting
financial       date(xiii)     Conversion     voting          rights
instrument                     Period(xiv)    rights that may
                                              be
                                              acquired if the
                                              instrument is
                                              exercised/
                                              converted.
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Securities
Lending                                       531,516         0.56%
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American
Depository                                    8,451,810       9.01%
Receipt
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http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9627V_1-2017-2-3.pdf

Contacts:
RNS
Customer
Services
0044-207797-4400
[email protected]
http://www.rns.com

Source: Randgold Resources

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