Gold Fields Announces Form 20-F Filing

JOHANNESBURG, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) announces that it has filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2011 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The document can be accessed on the SEC's EDGAR system or the Gold Fields website at http://www.goldfields.co.za.

Gold Fields shareholders (including holders of Gold Fields American Depositary Receipts) may also receive hard copies of the Form 20-F Annual Report, free of charge, upon request. For a copy of the report please contact Francie Whitley, tel: +27-11-562-9712 or email franciew@goldfields.co.za.

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About Gold Fields

Gold Fields is one of the world's largest unhedged producers of gold with attributable annualised production of 3.5 million gold equivalent ounces from eight operating mines in Australia, Ghana, Peru and South Africa. Gold Fields also has an extensive and diverse global growth pipeline with four major projects in resource development and feasibility, with construction decisions expected in the next 18 to 24 months. Gold Fields has total attributable gold equivalent Mineral Reserves of 80.6 million ounces and Mineral Resources of 217 million ounces. Gold Fields is listed on the JSE Limited (primary listing), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ Dubai Limited, Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and the Swiss Exchange (SWX).

Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited

Gold Fields Limited

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Sandown, Sandton,

2196

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Houghton, 2041

South Africa

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http://www.goldfields.co.za

Investor Enquiries

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