Directors: A J Wright (Chairman), N J Holland
†**
(Chief Executive Officer), P A Schmidt** (Chief Financial Officer), K Ansah
#
, C A Carolus,
R Dañino*, A R Hill
, J G Hopwood, R P Menell, D N Murray, D M J Ncube, R L Pennant-Rea
†
, C I von Christierson, G M Wilson
†
British,
Canadian,
#
Ghanaian, *Peruvian, ** Executive Director
Corporate Secretary: C Farrel
Gold Fields Limited
Reg. 1968/004880/06
150 Helen Road,
Sandown, Sandton,
2196
Postnet Suite 252
Private Bag X30500
Houghton, 2041
South Africa
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Fax +27 11 562-9838
www.goldfields.co.za
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MEDIA RELEASE
GOLD FIELDS ISSUES Q2 F2010
GUIDANCE UPDATE
Johannesburg, 7 January 2010: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields)
(JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) today issued updated production
guidance for Q2 F2010.
Attributable production for Q2 F2010 is expected to be approximately
900koz, which is 2.8% lower than the previous guidance of 925koz,
provided on 29 October 2009. The lower production is mainly as a
result of seismic related production stoppages experienced in South
Africa. At the Driefontein mine in particular, seven days of production,
or almost one third of the December production month, were lost due
to a major seismic event which resulted in an extended search and
rescue operation, as previously reported.
In line with the lower production, total cash costs and notional cash
expenditure (NCE) for the Group are expected to be approximately
US$615/oz and US$900 respectively, which is approximately 4% and
3% higher than guidance.
The full results for the Group will be published on Thursday, 4
February, 2010.
ends
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