Randgold Resources: Exploration Drive Delivers the Goods in CDI

JERSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS--(Marketwired - July 26, 2015) - Randgold Resources RRS GOLD

RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED
Incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands
Reg. No. 62686
LSE Trading Symbol: RRS
NASDAQ Trading Symbol: GOLD

EXPLORATION DRIVE DELIVERS THE GOODS IN CDI

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - Randgold Resources' Tongon gold mine continues to make progress in dealing with its throughput challenge, chief executive Mark Bristow said here today.

Speaking at the company's quarterly update for local media, Bristow said the mine's recovery rate was improving, despite the problems presented by the erratic grid power supply, which management was addressing with the power utility. Following the commissioning of the new hydrocone crushers, work is continuing in conjunction with the equipment supplier to achieve the design performance level, and it has been decided to upgrade capacity by installing a fourth stage of three additional crushers at the end of the existing circuit.

"Looking beyond Tongon, we've stepped up our exploration effort in Cote d'Ivoire on the back of its positive new mining code, and the results are confirming our belief in the high potential of the country's prospectivity," he said.

"We've taken a fresh look at our Nielle permit, which hosts Tongon, and a number of targets for follow-up have already been generated. The most exciting suite of new targets is in the Boundiali permit. These include the very significant new target, Fonondara, and a series of other targets covering a strike of 60 kilometres at the western margin of the Boundiali belt, believed to be an extension of the Syama belt in Mali. A first-phase diamond drilling programme is currently underway at Fonondara and Sani."

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Chief Executive
Mark Bristow
+44 788 071 1386
+223 66 75 01 22


Group Regional Manager West Africa
Mahamadou Samake
+223 66 75 61 36
+223 20 20 16 94


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Kathy du Plessis
+44 20 7557 7738
randgold@dpapr.com