Randgold Resources Limited: Holding(s) in Company

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Oct 19, 2016) - Randgold Resources Limited (LSE: RRS) (NASDAQ: GOLD)

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

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	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	X
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	BlackRock, Inc.
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:v	18 October, 2016
6. Date on which issuer notified:	9 October, 2016
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Total holding for BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited has gone below 10% Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. remains above 15%

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to sharesviii, 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 rightsx
			Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii	Direct	Indirect
GB00B01C3S32	8,436,688	8,436,688	N/A	N/A	8,431,177	N/A	8.99%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datexiii	Exercise / Conversion Periodxiv	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised / converted.	% of voting rights
Securities Lending			3,565	0.00%
American Depository Receipt			7,839,165	8.36%

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 datexvii	Exercise/ Conversion period xviii	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rightsxix, xx
CFD				45,223	Nominal	Delta
					0.04%	0.04%

Please click on the following link to view full Announcement; http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/9872M_1-2016-10-19.pdf