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GFI - Gold Fields Limited - New head for Gold Fields Australasia
Gold Fields Limited
(Reg. No. 1968/004880/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Share Code: GFI
ISIN Code: ZAE000018123
MEDIA RELEASE
New head for Gold Fields Australasia
Johannesburg, 24 March 2010: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE,
NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) today announces the appointment of Richard Weston as
Executive Vice-President of its Australasian Region with effect from May 1.
Weston will be part of the company`s Executive Committee reporting to CEO Nick
Holland.
Weston brings a wealth of experience in the precious metals industry to Gold
Fields. He joins the company from Coeur d`Alene Mines Corporation, a gold and
silver mining company based in Idaho in the United States. As Senior Vice-
President, Operations, Weston, oversaw a wide portfolio of gold and silver
mines in North and South America. Coeur d`Alene is one of the world`s largest
silver miners as well as a significant gold producer.
Weston (58), an Australian, has a M.Sc. in Mining Geomechanics from the
University of New South Wales and B. Engineering from Sydney University.
Before joining Coeur in 2006 he led the site team responsible for the
development of Barrick Australia`s Cowal Gold Project and, prior to that, he
headed operations at Rio Tinto Australia`s ERA Ranger and Jabiluka uranium
mines in the Northern Territory.
Weston`s appointment at Gold Fields completes the reorganisation of the
company`s executive team started last year. Located in Perth, Weston will take
responsibility for the two existing mines in Australia, St Ives and Agnew, and
will work with the business development and exploration executives to grow
production in Australasia to one million ounces per annum over the next three
to five years.
Nick Holland, Chief Executive Officer of Gold Fields, said: "Given Gold
Fields` international growth and regionalisation strategy, our expanding
footprint around the globe has required a strengthening of the Group`s
executive team. Richard certainly fits the bill."
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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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