TIDMKMR 
 
Kenmare Resources Plc. 
 
Chatham House, Chatham St, Dublin 2, Ireland. 
Tel: +353 1 671 0411              Fax: +353 1 671 0810 
Rua de Chuindi No.67, Maputo, Mozambique. 
Tel: +258 21 499 701              Fax:  +258 21 499 731 
Website : www.kenmareresources.com 
Email : info@kenmareresources.com 
 
         Kenmare Resources plc ("Kenmare" or "the Company") 
 
                  Moma Mine reaches breakeven point 
 
                  COO joins the Board of Directors 
 
           Performance Improvement Project is 90% complete 
 
11 June 2009 
 
At its  Annual  General Meeting  in  Dublin today,  Charles  Carvill, 
Chairman of Kenmare Resources plc, told shareholders that the ramp-up 
to full production  has been progressing  according to forecast  with 
record  production  in  May.   The  increased  production  has   been 
facilitated  by  progress   with  the  project   to  remove   certain 
limitations in the plant and equipment at Moma. This project,  called 
the Performance Improvement  Project (PIP), is  now 90% complete  and 
will be fully completed in July and August. 
 
Production in May was 40,000 tonnes  of ilmenite and 2,300 tonnes  of 
zircon. This level of production means that the Company has more than 
crossed the cash  operating cost breakeven  point. As a  consequence, 
the Company will no longer be capitalising operating costs and,  from 
1 July 2009, these costs will be reflected in the Income Statement. 
 
Chief Operations Officer of Kenmare, Jacob Deysel was today  co-opted 
onto the Board of Directors of the Company. Jacob was appointed Chief 
Operations Officer in February 2009 and is responsible for completing 
the ramp-up to full production  at Kenmare's Moma Titanium Mine.   He 
joined  from  Richards  Bay  Minerals,  the  world's  largest  single 
producer of titanium minerals. Jacob holds a BSc in Mine  Engineering 
and a Masters in Business Administration, both from the University of 
Witwatersrand in  South  Africa.   He  has  worked  in  the  titanium 
feedstock industry since 2003.  Previously he worked with Gold Fields 
Ltd at Driefontein  Mine where he  was ultimately Operations  Manager 
for a mining operation of seven shafts and 12,000 employees producing 
200,000 tonnes of ore per month.  At Richards Bay Minerals, Jacob has 
had responsibility for the mine's five plants in addition to geology, 
mine planning and maintenance. 
 
Charles Carvill  said:  "We  are delighted  to welcome  Jacob to  the 
Board.  In the short time he has been with the Company he has already 
made a huge impact on our operations.  Achieving cash operating  cost 
breakeven is an important point on  the ramp-up process of this  mine 
and represents a significant point in our development." 
 
For more information: 
Kenmare Resources plc 
Michael Carvill, Managing Director 
Tel: +353 1 6710411 
Mob: + 353 87 674 0110 
 
Murray Consultants 
Elizabeth Headon 
Tel: +353 1 498 0345 
Mob: + 353 87 989 7234 
 
Conduit PR Ltd 
Leesa Peters/Charlie Geller 
Tel: +44 207 429 6600 
Mob: +44 781 215 9885 
                      www.kenmareresources.com 
 
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