| Mon 1 Jul 2002, 0:00 | | Rupert Pennant-Rea Joins Gold Fields Board |
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MEDIA RELEASE
Johannesburg, 1 July 2002: The Board of Directors of Gold Fields Limited
(JSE & NYSE - GFI) is pleased to announce that Mr Rupert Pennant-Rea has
been appointed as a non-executive Director of the Company.
Mr Pennant-Rea (54) has had a varied career as economist, journalist,
central banker and businessman. He was born and brought up in Zimbabwe, and
has degrees in economics from Trinity College, Dublin and the University of
Manchester. He has been Editor of The Economist and Deputy Governor of the
Bank of England.
He is now Chairman of The Stationery Office, which was formed in 1996 from
the privatisation of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. He is also Chairman
of Plantation & General Investments plc and Electra Kingsway VCT. He is a
Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco, Sherritt International
and First Quantum Minerals.
Gold Fields is one of the worlds largest precious metals companies and
produces approximately 4.5 million ounces of gold annually from operations
in South Africa, Ghana and Australia. The company has proven and probable
reserves of approximately 84.5 million ounces. It also has a 51% stake in an
advanced stage exploration project, the Arctic Platinum Partnership, in
Finland. Gold Fields trades on the Johannesburg and New York Stock Exchanges
(GFI) as well as on the London, Paris, Brussels and Swiss exchanges.
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Directors: C M T Thompson* (Chairman), A J Wright (Deputy Chairman), I D
Cockerill# (Chief Executive Officer), N J Holland# (Financial Director),
J M McMahon#, G R Parker**, R Pennant-Rea#, P J Ryan, T M G Sexwale, B R van
Rooyen, C I von Christierson
*Canadian, #British, **American
Company Secretary: V D MacDonald
Date: 01/07/2002 05:11:06 PM Produced by the SENS Department
