Norilsk Nickel to Join Gold Fields' Board
June 02 2005 - 10:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Norilsk Nickel to Join Gold Fields' Board JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa, June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gold Fields Limited
(JSE:GFI)(NYSE:JSE) is pleased to announce that MMC Norilsk Nickel
has accepted Gold Fields' invitation to nominate two non-executive
directors to the board of Gold Fields. The names of the two new
directors will be announced in due course. Moscow based Norilsk
Nickel is Gold Fields' largest shareholder with a 20.3% stake in
the Company. Gold Fields' Chief Executive Officer, Ian Cockerill,
said, "We are delighted to have Norilsk Nickel on board and we look
forward to working with them to grow the value of our company to
the benefit of all Gold Fields' shareholders. We have a common
vision of turning Gold Fields into the leading gold company in the
world." DATASOURCE: Gold Fields Limited CONTACT: Willie Jacobsz,
Telephone +27-11-644-2460, . Cheryl Martin, Telephone
+1-303-796-8683,
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