Notification of major interest in shares

London, 7 December 2012

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Randgold Resources Limited

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

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 thenotification obligation: iii

BlackRock, Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

4 December 2012

6. Date on which issuer notified:

6 December 2012

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Holding has gone below 15%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B01C3S32

13,762,545

13,762,545

N/A

N/A

13,581,998

N/A

14.76%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

CFD

173,382

Nominal

Delta

0.18%

0.18%

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

13,755,380

14.95%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 13,755,380 (14.95%)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

13. Additional information:

BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

14. Contact name:

William Graham

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7743 1459

Annex: Notification of major interests in sharesxxii

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

BlackRock, Inc.

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

12 Throgmorton Avenue, London EC2N 2DL

Phone number & email

020 7743 1459; [email protected]

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

William Graham

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

Full name

Martin Welsh

Contact address

Randgold Resources Limited

3rd Floor, Unity Chambers

28 Halkett Street

St. Helier

Jersey

JE2 4WJ

Phone number & email

+44 1534 735 333

[email protected]

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

C: Additional information