Gold Fields Completes Sale of its Venezuelan Assets
December 03 2007 - 2:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
JOHANNESBURG, December 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gold Fields
Limited (Gold Fields) (NYSE, JSE, DIFX: GFI) is pleased to announce
the successful completion of the transaction announced on 12
October 2007, whereby Gold Fields has disposed of all its assets in
Venezuela to Rusoro Mining Ltd. (Rusoro) (TSXV: RML). Gold Fields
received US$180 million in cash and 140 million newly-issued Rusoro
shares, which represent approximately 37% of the outstanding shares
of Rusoro. Gold Fields Limited is one of the world's largest
unhedged producers of gold with attributable production of 4.0
million ounces per annum, mineral reserves of 94 million ounces and
mineral resources of 252 million ounces. The Group employs some
47,000 permanent employees across its operations and is listed on
the JSE Limited South Africa (primary listing), the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE) and the Dubai International Financial Exchange
(DIFX). http://www.goldfields.co.za/ DATASOURCE: Gold Fields
Limited CONTACT: Gold Fields Limited: Tel +27-11-644-2400, Fax
+27-11-484-0639; Enquires, Nerina Bodasing, Tel +27-11-644-2630,
Fax +27-11-484-0639, Mobile +27(0)82-940-7505, ; UNITED STATES,
Willie Jacobsz, Tel +27-11-644-2460, Fax +27-11-484-0639, Mobile
+72(0)82-493-1377,
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