Notification of major interest in shares

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

("Randgold Resources" or the "Company")

London, 4 April 2013

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

ü

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

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

FMR LLC

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

See Section 9

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

1 April 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

2 April 2013

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

5 %

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, 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

Indirect

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

GB00B01C3S32

4,605,290

4,605,290

4,640,290

4,640,290

5.03

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

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 period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

4,640,290

5.03

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

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

FMR LLC

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will acquire:

35,000

12. Date on which proxy holder will acquire voting rights:

1 April 2013

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Sally-Ann Hatton

15. Contact telephone number:

[email protected], 01737 837148

Annex: Notification of major interests in share

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

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

FMR LLC

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109 United States of America

Phone number & email

01737 837148 / [email protected]

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

Sally-Ann Hatton

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