JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
Oct. 19, 2012 /CNW/ - Gold Fields
Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) regrets to
advise that approximately 8,500 of the 12,500 employees at KDC East
(formerly Kloof Gold Mine), on an unlawful strike since
14 October, 2012, have not yet
returned to work.
Gold Fields, with the support of the Board of Directors, this
afternoon issued a final ultimatum to the employees still on strike
at KDC East, to present themselves for work starting with the night
shift on Monday, 22 October 2012, and
the morning and afternoon shifts on Tuesday, 23 October, 2012, or face immediate
dismissal.
Gold Fields has secured a Court Interdict declaring the strike
unlawful and ordering striking employees to return to work. The
company has also embarked on a comprehensive communication campaign
to encourage striking employees to observe the court order, and has
issued an ultimatum for workers to return to work.
All of these requests have been ignored. Striking employees and
their representatives have also been given sufficient opportunities
to make representations as to why they should not be dismissed, all
of which were not taken up.
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).
SOURCE Gold Fields Limited