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Gold Fields Limited
(Reg. No. 1968/004880/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
("Gold Fields" or "the Company")
JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai - Share Code: GFI
NYX Code: GFLB, and SWX Code: GOLI
ISIN: ZAE000018123
MEDIA RELEASE
GOLD FIELDS FINALISES EXECUTIVE TEAM
Johannesburg, 4 August 2009: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE,
NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) today announced the appointment of three additional members
to its Group executive team, reporting to Chief Executive Officer of Gold
Fields, Nick Holland.
- Peter Turner has been appointed as Executive Vice President: Head of the
West Africa Region;
- Juan Luis Kruger ("Juancho") has been appointed as Executive Vice
President: Head of Operations for South America; and
- Ben Zikmundovsky has been appointed as Executive Vice President: Head of
International Capital Projects and International Technical Services.
Nick Holland said:
"With these three executive appointments the Gold Fields Executive Team is now
complete and the senior leadership in place to progress Gold Fields` new
regionalization strategy."
"Peter and Juan Luis will take responsibility for all operational activities in
their respective regions, and will work with the Business Development and
Exploration teams to grow production in each of their regions, to achieve our
medium-term target of one million ounces of production within four years from
each of these regions."
"Ben will take responsibility for all international growth projects as well as
the International Technical Group. This is a key appointment considering the
extensive growth pipeline and the number of advanced stage projects which we
hope to bring to account over the next few years."
Peter Turner, who trained as a Mechanical Engineer, has more than 34 years of
experience in the mining industry. He moved to Ghana in 2008 when he was
appointed Vice President of Operations and before that he headed up the Kloof
Gold Mine in South Africa. Prior to joining Gold Fields in 2005, he was the
General Manager, East and West Africa Region for AngloGold Ashanti where he
spent the majority of his career. He progressed through the ranks, starting as
an Engineering Trainee at Vaal Reefs in 1975, later spending time in various
managerial positions at numerous gold mining operations.
Juancho Kruger, has a Bachelor degree in Business and Finance and a Masters
Degree in Business Administration, and has over fifteen years of broad
experience in corporate finance, strategic planning and general management in
the mining, consumer goods, airline, telecommunications and financial services
industries in South America. Juancho joined Gold Fields in October 2007 as
Senior Vice President and Country Manager for the Peruvian Operations, and lead
the start up team at Cerro Corona. As of April 2008, he assumed responsibilities
for the South American region. Prior to joining the company he held senior
management positions for LAN Airlines, Glencore, McKinsey&Co., Telefonica and
Procter&Gamble in South America.
Ben Zikmundovsky, originally trained as a Mechanical Engineer, has over 30
years` experience in the development of companies, operations and projects in
the mining, mineral processing, construction and equipment industries on the
African continent, in South America, the former Soviet Union countries, the
Middle East and in Europe. Ben started his career in 1973 as a Project Design
Engineer for Roberts Union Corporation (RUC) in South Africa, and has since
worked in various capacities ranging from Group Projects Director for Lenning
Holdings (JCI-South Africa), Business Manager for Bechtel Australia and, until
recently, as Managing Director Africa for GRD Minproc Limited.
Enquiries:
Willie Jacobsz
Mobile: +857 241-7127
Nikki Catrakilis-Wagner
Mobile: +27 (0) 83 309 6720
Julian Gwillim
Mobile: +27 (0) 82 452 4389
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About Gold Fields
Gold Fields Limited is one of the world`s largest unhedged producers of gold
with attributable steady state production of approximately 4 million ounces per
annum from nine operating mines in South Africa, Peru, Ghana and Australia. 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), NASDAQ Dubai Limited (NASDAQ
Dubai), NYSE Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and Swiss Exchange (SWX). For more
information please visit the Gold Fields website at www.goldfields.co.za.
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