UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

       REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of August, 2006 (Third Filing)

Commission File Number:  0-49888

                           Randgold Resources Limited
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                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

La Motte Chambers, La Motte Street, St. Helier, Jersey, JE1 1BJ, Channel Islands
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                         Form 20-F X Form 40-F.........

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

         NOTE: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in
paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to
security holders.

         Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):

         NOTE: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in
paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the
registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.

         Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to
the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.

                               Yes ....  No X

         If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________





         Attached to the Registrant's Form 6-K filing for the month of August
2006, and incorporated by reference herein, is:


               Exhibit No.                    Description
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                      1.        Release, dated August 7, 2006, entitled
                                "Randgold Resources Doubles Profit as Loulo
                                Production gets into Gear."

                      2.        Release, dated August 7, 2006, entitled
                                "Randgold Resources Update."










                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                           RANDGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED



                                           By:  /s/ David Haddon
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                                                David Haddon
                                                Group Company Secretary


Dated: August 8, 2006