JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 24, 2012 /CNW/ - Gold Fields Limited (Gold
Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) reports that more than 7,000
of the 8,100 employees that were dismissed at KDC East (formerly
Kloof Gold Mine) yesterday, have today lodged appeals against their
dismissal.
The appeal hearings start tomorrow and will be conducted over
the next few days. The appeals will be chaired by independent
chairpersons and those workers whose appeals are successful may be
reinstated.
The 8,100 dismissed workers - out of a total staff complement of
12,500 at KDC East - had embarked on an unlawful strike on
14 October, 2012. They were issued
their notices of dismissal at 15h00 yesterday after failing to
respond to an ultimatum to report to work. They were granted 24
hours to appeal against the sanction of dismissal.
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
SOURCE Gold Fields Limited