JOHANNESBURG, July 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI)
is pleased to announced the appointment of Alfred Baku as Senior
Vice-President and Head of its West Africa Region, the largest
geographic contributor to the company's production. Mr Baku will also join the Group Executive
Committee. The appointment will take effect on 1 August 2013.
Mr Baku, who is currently
Vice-President of Operations for the West
Africa region, is the first Ghanaian to head up the region.
He will be based in Accra.
Having worked his way up through the ranks, Mr Baku is a
seasoned Gold Fields employee with 19 years of mining experience
with Group companies in both Ghana
and Australia. He first joined the
Damang gold mine in 1997 as Production Engineer and became a member
of Damang's senior management team in 2002. During his time in
Australia, in 2005, he was
Strategic Mine Planner at the Group's St Ives mine and Relieving
Mine Manager at the Agnew mine. In October
2008 he became the first Ghanaian to be appointed as General
Manager of Damang and in 2010 as General Manager of Tarkwa. In 2011
he was promoted to Vice President of both Ghanaian operations.
Mr Baku holds an MSc degree in
Mining Engineering from the University of Mines and Technology in
Ghana. He also holds a Statutory
Mine Manager's certificate and is a member of the Australian
Institute of Mining Metallurgy (AusIMM).
Nick Holland, CEO of Gold Fields,
commented: "We are delighted to announce Alfred's promotion to head
up our West Africa region and to
our Group Executive Committee. He brings strong continuity,
technical depth and leadership to our operations in West Africa and has well established
relationships with our key stakeholders. Our West African
operations are a key component of our portfolio of assets and
Alfred is well suited to lead this region into the very challenging
next phase of its development.
Notes to editors
About Gold Fields
Gold Fields is a significant unhedged producer of gold with
attributable annualised production of approximately 2.0 million
gold equivalent ounces from six operating mines in Australia, Ghana, Peru
and South Africa. Gold Fields also
has an extensive and diverse global growth pipeline with four major
projects at resource development and feasibility level. Gold Fields
has total managed gold-equivalent Mineral Reserves of 64 million
ounces and Mineral Resources of 155 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).
In February 2013, Gold Fields
unbundled its KDC and Beatrix mines in South Africa into an independent and
separately listed company, Sibanye Gold.
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities
Limited
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Email: Willie.Jacobsz@goldfields.co.za
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SOURCE Gold Fields Limited