Rangold Resources: Notification of Major Interest in Shares

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - Oct 28, 2014) -  Rangold Resources (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")

London, 28 October 2014

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
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	24th October 2014
6. Date on which issuer notified:	27th October 2014
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii	Holding has gone above 16%

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 rights x
					Direct	Direct xi	Indirect xii		Direct	Indirect
GB00B01C3S32		14,811,371		14,811,371	N/A	N/A	14,791,281		N/A	15.96%

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
CFD				13,850	0.01%	0.01%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights				Percentage of voting rights
14,805,131				15.98%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
13. Additional information:	BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team
14. Contact name:	Gareth Slade
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7743 2536
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)	55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055
	United States of America
Phone number & email	020 7743 2536
	EMEAdisclsoure@blackrock.com
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)	Gareth Slade
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
	martin.welsh@randgold.com
Other useful information(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)
C: Additional information