Loulo production guidance revised

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITEDIncorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands Reg. No. 62686 LSE Trading Symbol: RRS Nasdaq Trading Symbol: GOLD

LOULO PRODUCTION GUIDANCE REVISED

London, 2 August 2010 -  Randgold Resources today revised the production guidance for its Loulo gold mine in Mali downwards following a difficult quarter in which processing throughput was affected by a series of power outages that exacerbated the impact of downtime resulting from the bedding down of the Loulo plant expansion project.

The company said Loulo's output for 2010 would still be within 5 to 10% of the original forecast of 400 000 ounces and that the mine's processing throughput was expected to be back at the planned level by the fourth quarter of this year. The reduced contribution from Loulo will be partially offset by the company's new Tongon mine in Côte d'Ivoire, which is expected to start commissioning ahead of schedule in September.

Further details as well as a new group production guidance for 2010 will be provided when the company reports on its second quarter results on Thursday 5 August.

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