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GFI - Gold Fields - Gold Fields Appoints Paul Schmidt As Chief Financial Officer
Gold Fields Limited
(Reg. No.1968/004880/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
("Gold Fields" or "the Company")
JSE, NYSE, DIFX Share Code: GFI
ISIN Code: ZAE000018123
GOLD FIELDS APPOINTS PAUL SCHMIDT AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Johannesburg, 14 January 2009: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE,
DIFX: GFI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Schmidt CA (SA) as
chief financial officer of the Group, a position in which he has acted since May
2008.
Paul is a chartered accountant with eighteen years of industry experience. He
spent six years with Deloitte auditing mainly clients in the gold mining
industry. He joined Gengold, part of the Gencor group, in 1996 as an assistant
financial manager at the St Helena Gold Mine where he worked for three years,
gaining valuable operational experience. He was promoted to the Gold Fields
corporate office as financial manager in 1999, and to the position of group
financial controller in April 2003.
Gold Fields` chief executive officer, Nick Holland, said: "Over the past eight
months Paul has acted with distinction in the role of chief financial officer.
His twelve years of experience in senior operational and executive positions,
and his deep knowledge of the Group, equips him well for his new role. As group
financial controller he gained extensive international experience and was
involved in all corporate financial activities of the Group. His appointment
follows an extensive local and international search."
The appointment is effective from 1 January 2009.
Enquiries:
Willie Jacobsz
Mobile: +857 241-7127
Marritt Claassens
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 307-3297
About Gold Fields
Gold Fields Limited is one of the world`s largest unhedged producers of gold
with attributable production of 3,64 million ounces per annum from eight
operating mines in South Africa, Ghana and Australia. A ninth mine, Cerro Corona
Gold/Copper mine in Peru, commenced production in August 2008 at an initial rate
of approximately 375,000 gold equivalent ounces per annum. Gold Fields aims to
reach a production rate of approximately 4.0 million ounces per annum during the
March quarter of 2009. The company has total attributable ore reserves of 83
million ounces and mineral resources of 251 million ounces. Gold Fields is
listed on the JSE Limited (primary listing), New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and
Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX) New Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and
Swiss Exchange (SWX). For more information please visit the Gold Fields website
at www.goldfields.co.za.
14 January 2009
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited
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