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Gold Fields Limited
MEDIA RELEASE
Gold Fields appoints General Counsel
Johannesburg, 6 September 2002: The Board of Gold Fields Limited (JSE &
NYSE - GFI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Paul Fortin
(63), an internationally renowned expert on Mining Laws, to the position
of General Counsel and Chief Legal Advisor. Mr Fortin will be based in
Johannesburg and will serve on the Executive Committee of Gold Fields.
Mr Fortin, who is presently based in Monaco, joins Gold Fields from
Tiomin Kenya LTD where he was Chairman and Chief Legal Advisor. Prior to
that Mr Fortin served as a legal and government affairs advisor of
Barrick Gold Corporation, and also as a member of the Board of Directors
and Vice-President, Legal and Government Affairs, of Kahama Mining
Corporation, a subsidiary in Tanzania (1996 to 2001).
Mr Fortin has worked for mining companies and global development
agencies throughout Africa, Asia, China, Europe, Eastern Europe, and
North and South America, including various agencies of the United
Nations; the World Bank; the Canadian International Development Agency;
the United States Agency for International Development; the Australian
Development Agency; the French Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et
Technique; and the Canadian University Services Overseas.
Mr Fortin graduated from the Law Faculty of Laval University in Quebec,
Canada, in 1962, where he obtained the qualifications B.A., LL.L. In
1963 he obtained admission to the Canadian Bar Association through
McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and in 1964 he attended the
London School of Economics and Political Science for postgraduate
studies. He subsequently served as part time Professor of Law at
Montreal University and Quebec Bar School of Law.
Mr Fortin is married with three children.
Gold Fields is one of the largest gold producers in the world with
annual production of approximately 4.5 million ounces 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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