JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (NYSE:GFI)(JSE:GFI) is pleased to announce that it has acquired an additional 3 million Western Areas Limited shares. This acquisition, completed on Tuesday, 11 July, 2006, brings Gold Fields' total stake in Western Areas to 29.16 million shares, or 18.9% of that Company's total issued share capital. The transaction was brokered by Frankel Consulting. Western Areas Limited owns 50% of the developing South Deep gold mine, which is adjacent to Gold Fields' Kloof Gold Mine, near Westonaria in South Africa. The other 50% of South Deep is owned by Barrick Gold of Canada. Gold Fields is one of the world's largest unhedged gold producers, with annual gold production of approximately 4.2 million ounces from mines in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Venezuela, as well as a developing mine at Cerro Corona in Peru. The Company has ore reserves of 65 million ounces and mineral resources of 179 million ounces. Gold Fields has its primary listing on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange and secondary listings on the NYSE, LSE, Euronext in Paris and Brussels, and on the Swiss Exchange. All of Gold Fields' operations are ISO 14001 certified. http://www.goldfields.co.za/ DATASOURCE: Gold Fields Limited CONTACT: Enquires South Africa, Willie Jacobsz, Tel +27-11-644-2460, Fax +27-11-484-0639, ; Nerina Bodasing, Tel +27-11-644-2630, Fax +27-11-484-0639, ; North America, Cheryl A Martin, Tel +1-303-796-8683, Fax, +1-303-796-8293,

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