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GFI - Gold Fields Limited - Media Release - Driefontein Gold Mine: Update
Gold Fields Limited
Registration Number 1968/004880/06)
("Gold Fields " or "the Company")
JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai Share Code: GFI
NYX Code: GFLB, and SWX Code: GOLI
ISIN: ZAE000018123
MEDIA RELEASE
DRIEFONTEIN GOLD MINE: UPDATE
Johannesburg, 8 December 2009: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE,
NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) regrets to announce that the body of one of the two miners
trapped underground at the Driefontein Gold Mine`s Ya-Rona (No. 4) Shaft has
been recovered by the mine`s rescue teams. The second miner remains
unaccounted for at this stage.
The mine`s No. 4 shaft area experienced a seismic event measuring 3.4 on the
Richter Scale at 23:52 on Sunday, 6 December 2009 that caused a fall-of-ground
about 2 500 metres below surface. Driefontein`s rescue teams continue to work
unabated in its search for the second employee.
Blasting activities at the mine have been suspended while rescue operations
are in progress.
Gold Fields deeply regrets the accident and offers its sincere condolences to
the family of the deceased.
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About Gold Fields
Gold Fields is one of the world`s largest unhedged producers of gold with
attributable production of 3.6 million ounces* per annum from nine operating
mines in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Peru. Gold Fields also has an
extensive growth pipeline with both greenfields and near mine exploration
projects at various stages of development. Gold Fields has total attributable
Mineral Reserves of 81 million ounces and Mineral Resources of 271 million
ounces. Gold Fields is listed on JSE Limited (primary listing), the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX), the
Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and the Swiss Exchange (SWX). For more information
please visit the Gold Fields website at www.goldfields.co.za.
*Based on the annualised run rate for the fourth quarter of F2009
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