JOHANNESBURG, August 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI)
today announced net earnings for the June quarter of R1,606 million
compared with R2,082 million in the March quarter and R1,267
million in the June 2011 quarter.
In US dollar terms net earnings for the June quarter were
US$198 million, compared with
US$268 million in the March quarter
and US$186 million in the
June 2011 quarter.
June 2012 quarter salient
features:
- Group attributable equivalent gold production of 862,000
ounces;
- Total cash cost of US$851 per
ounce and NCE of US$1,308 per
ounce;
- Operating margin of 47 per cent and NCE margin of 18 per
cent;
- Good progress made on South Deep project; and
- Stabilisation of production output at KDC.
Interim dividend of 160 SA cents per share is payable on
5 September 2012.
The full results
are available on the Gold Fields website:
http://www.goldfields.co.za
Notes to editors
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
Investor Enquiries
Willie Jacobsz
Tel: +508-839-1188
Mobile: +27-82-971-9238 (SA) or +1-857-241-7127 (USA)
Willie.Jacobsz@goldfields.co.za
Remmy Kawala
Tel: +27-562-9844
Mobile: +27-82-321-8692
Remmy.Kawala@goldfields.co.za
Media Enquiries
Sven Lunsche
Tel: +27-11-562-9763
Mobile: +27-83-260-9279
Sven.Lunsche@goldfields.co.za
SOURCE Gold Fields Limited