Directors' Acquisition of Shares Replacement

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwire - Mar 21, 2013) -

Randgold Resources Limited announces that the following amendment has
been made to the DIRECTORS' ACQUISITION OF SHARES announcement released
on 20 March 2013 at 18:28.

A correction has been made to the date 18 May 2012 in the first line of
(a) and the first line of (b). All other details remain unchanged.

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

DIRECTORS' ACQUISITION OF SHARES

London, 20 March 2013 - Randgold Resources announces the following
acquisition of shares in the Company, as required under DTR 3.1:

(a)  Dr D M Bristow, a director of the Company, acquired 10,442
     ordinary shares of the Company on 18 March 2013 at a price of
     US$82.37.

     Dr Bristow's shareholding in the Company is now 716,507 ordinary
     shares or 0.78% of the Company's current issued share capital.

(b)  Mr G P Shuttleworth, a director of the Company, acquired 4,452
     ordinary shares of the Company on 18 March 2013 at a price of
     US$82.37.

     Mr Shuttleworth's shareholding in the Company is now 44,390
     ordinary shares or 0.05% of the Company's current issued share
     capital.

The above shares were acquired by Dr Bristow and Mr Shuttleworth in
line with the Randgold Resources Annual Bonus Plan which requires them
to invest one third of their 2012 annual bonus in shares of the Company
for a period of three years.

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