Randgold Resources: Holding(s) in Company

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS -- (Marketwired) -- 11/15/16 -- Randgold 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")

Jersey, Channel Islands, 15 November 2016

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TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES(i)
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1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
 of existing shares to which voting rights are
 attached:(ii)                                    Randgold Resources Ltd
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2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
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An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                               X
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An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
 result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting
 rights are attached
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An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect
 to qualifying financial instruments
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An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
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Other (please specify):
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3. Full name of person(s) subject to the
 notification obligation:(iii)                    FMR LLC
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4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from
 3.):(iv)                                         See Section 9
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5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the
 threshold is crossed or reached:(v)              10 November 2016
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6. Date on which issuer notified:                 14 November 2016
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7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
 (vi, vii)                                        5%
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8. Notified details:
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A: Voting rights attached to shares(viii, ix)
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Class/
type of
shares if
possible    Situation previous to
using the   the triggering          Resulting situation after the triggering
ISIN CODE   transaction             transaction
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                        Number               Number
            Number      of          Number   of              % of
            of          Voting      of       voting          voting
            Shares      Rights      shares   rights          rights(x)
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                                             Direct Indirect
                                    Indirect (xi)   (xii)    Direct Indirect
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GB00B01C3S32  4,744,952   4,744,952 4,528,465       4,528,465         4.83%
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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of               Expiration  Exercise/   Number of   % of
financial             date(xiii)  Conversion  voting      voting
instrument                        Period(xiv) rights      rights
                                              that may
                                              be acquired
                                              if the
                                              instrument
                                              is
                                              exercised /
                                              converted.
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Right of Recall                                    589,500             0.63%
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying
 Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type        Exercise  Expiration  Exercise/   Number of   % of
of          price     date        Conversion  voting      voting
financial             (xvii)      period      rights      rights
instrument                        (xviii)     instrument  (xix, xx)
                                              refers to
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                                                          Nominal  Delta
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Total (A+B+C)
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Number of voting rights                Percentage of voting rights
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                              5,117,965                                5.46%
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9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or
 the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:(xxi)
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Controlled Undertaking                                    Percentage Holding
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Fidelity (Canada) Asset Management ULC                                  1.16
FIAM LLC                                                                0.35
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management
 Trust Company                                                          0.33
FMR CO., INC                                                            3.31
FMR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED                                  0.30
FIDELITY MANAGEMENT TRUST COMPANY                                       0.01
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Grand Total                                                             5.46
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Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy
 holder will acquire/ cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will
 acquire/ cease to hold voting rights:


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13. Additional information:            N/A
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14. Contact name:                      Sally-Ann Hatton
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                                       [e-mail], 01737
15. Contact telephone number:          837148
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RANDGOLD RESOURCES ENQUIRIES:

Chief Executive     Financial Director   Investor & Media Relations
Mark Bristow        Graham Shuttleworth  Kathy du Plessis
[phone]    [phone]     [phone]
[phone]    [phone]     Email: [e-mail]

Contact:
RNS
Customer Services
0044-207797-4400
[e-mail]
http://www.rns.com