Non-executive directors award of ordinary shares

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITEDIncorporated in Jersey, Channel IslandsReg. No. 62686LSE Trading Symbol: RRSNASDAQ Trading Symbol: GOLD("Randgold Resources" or the "Company")

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AWARD OF ORDINARY SHARES

Jersey, Channel Islands, 3 May 2016 - In accordance with DTR. 3.1, Randgold Resources notifies that, following approval by the shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting held earlier today, each non-executive director in office at the Annual General Meeting (other than the chairman and senior independent director) was awarded 1 500 ordinary shares in the Company (Shares). The chairman, Mr Christopher Coleman, was awarded 2 500 Shares and the senior independent director, Mr Norborne P Cole Jr., was awarded 2 000 Shares. The Shares will vest immediately and have been awarded as part of the non-executive directors' annual remuneration package, pursuant to the Company's remuneration policy.

The non-executive directors of the Company at the time of the Annual General Meeting are Mr Jamil Kassum, Mr Kadri Dagdelen, Mr Andrew Quinn, Mrs Safiatou Ba-N'Daw, Mr Karl Voltaire and Ms Jeanine Mabunda Lioko.

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