RNS Number:8262Q
Randgold Resources Ld
13 October 2003



ASHER ELECTED SENIOR INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OF RANDGOLD RESOURCES


London, 13 October 2003  -  The board of Randgold Resources (LSE: RRS) (NASDAQ:
GOLD) has elected Bernard Asher as its senior independent non-executive
director.  Asher, who has served on the Randgold Resources board since the
company's listing on the London Stock Exchange in 1997, is the chairman of the
company's audit committee and a member of the remuneration committee.  He is a
former chairman of HSBC Investment Bank and is currently also chairman of Lonrho
Africa, vice-chairman of Legal & General and of the Court of Governors of the
London School of Economics and a director of various other companies.



Chairman Roger Kebble said that with Randgold Resources' recent inclusion in the
FTSE 250 index and its generally heightened level of activity in the London
market, the company had deemed it prudent to strengthen its presence there,
among other things through an enhanced role for the London-domiciled Asher.



For further information call:

(Chairman) Roger Kebble on +27 (0)11 309-6036, cell: +27 (0) 83 444 3030
(CEO) Mark Bristow on +44 779 775 2288





Issued on behalf of Randgold Resources Limited by du Plessis Associates.  dPA
contact Kathy du Plessis on Tel: 27(11) 728 4701, mobile:+27(0)83 266 5847 or
e-mail randgoldresources@dpapr.com





DISCLAIMER:

Statements made in this release with respect to Randgold Resources' current
plans, estimates, strategies and beliefs and other statements that are not
historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of
Randgold Resources.  These statements are based on management's assumptions and
beliefs in light of the information currently available to it.  Randgold
Resources cautions you that a number of important risks and uncertainties could
cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the
forward-looking statements, and therefore you should not place undue reliance on
them.  The potential risks and uncertainties include, among others, risks
associated with:  fluctuations in the market price of gold, gold production at
Morila, estimates of reserves and mine life and liabilities arising from the
closure of Syama.  Randgold Resources assumes no obligation to update
information in this release.


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