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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, 10 December 2009: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE,
NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) has announced that the body of the second employee trapped
underground at the Driefontein Gold Mine`s No. 4 Shaft following a seismic event
that occurred on Sunday, 6 December 2009, has been found. The body of the first
employee was recovered on Monday, 7 December 2009.
Gold Fields deeply regrets the accidents and offers condolences to the families
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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