JOHANNESBURG, October 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI)
regrets to announce that approximately 8,500 of the 12,400
employees at its KDC East operation (formerly Kloof Gold Mine) have
started an unlawful strike, commencing with the night shift last
night, 14 October, 2012.
The total number of employees now engaged in the unlawful strike
at KDC East and KDC West is approximately 19,500 out of a total
workforce of approximately 26,700. Production at the entire KDC has
now been suspended.
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
Enquiries
Willie Jacobsz
Tel: +27-11-562-9775 or +1-857-241-7127 (USA)
Mobile: +27-82-971-9238 (SA)
e-mail: Willie.Jacobsz@goldfields.co.za
SOURCE Gold Fields Limited