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GFI - Gold Fields Limited - Media Release
Gold Fields Limited
(Reg. No.1968/004880/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
JSE Share Code: GFI
NYSE Share Code: GFI
ISIN Code: ZAE000018123
("Gold Fields")
MEDIA RELEASE
Brendan Walker
4 March 1958 - 30 December 2006
Johannesburg, 2 January 2007. It is with a deep sense of loss and great sadness
that Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (NYSE, JSE, DIFX: GFI) has to announce
the death of Brendan Walker in a car accident in the Eastern Cape on Saturday,
30 December 2006. Brendan was an executive vice president of Gold Fields and
head of its South African operations.
Brendan is survived by his wife Tanya and two children, Clare (11) and Peter
(8).
Ian Cockerill, Chief Executive Officer of Gold Fields said: "Brendan was not
only a colleague but a friend. He was one of our brightest stars and his
untimely death will leave a deep void. On behalf of the Board and all of the
people of Gold Fields we extend our deepest condolences to Tanya, Clare and
Peter, as well as to his extended family and many friends and colleagues all
over the world. We share in their grief and our thoughts are with them during
this very difficult time."
Brendan has been associated with Gold Fields his entire career. After finishing
his studies as a Gold Fields bursar at the University of the Witwatersrand, he
joined the Groups` Kloof Gold Mine as a shift boss in 1983. He worked his way
up through the ranks to become manager of West Driefontein Gold Mine in 1995.
Since then he has held a number of senior management and executive positions in
the Group, including as managing director of Gold Fields Ghana from September
2003 to February 2006. He was appointed as an executive vice president and head
of South African operations on 1 March 2006.
Brendan`s successor will be announced in due course.
2 January 2007
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