JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gold Fields Limited ("Gold Fields") (NYSE, JSE, DIFX: GFI) today announced that, further to the executive management changes announced on Monday, 30 March 2008, Vishnu Pillay has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Head of South African Operations, to replace Terence Goodlace who was promoted to Chief Operating Officer for the Group, and will join the Gold Fields Executive Committee. Vishnu, who takes up his new position on 1 May 2008, was previously Vice President and Head of Operations of the Driefontein Gold Mine. Terence Goodlace said: "Vishnu's appointment will ensure continuity at our South African operations. He is well respected and, apart from a brief period outside Gold Fields with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as Executive Director: CSIR Mining Technology and Group Executive: Institutional Planning and Operations for the CSIR, has been with Gold Fields for 22 years." To fill the position vacated by Vishnu, Peter Turner, currently Vice President and Head of Operations of Kloof Gold Mine will move to Driefontein Gold Mine in the same position. To fill Peter's position at Kloof Gold Mine, Rodney Hart, currently, Senior Manager: Operations at that mine, will be promoted to the position of Vice President and Head of Operations of Kloof Gold Mine. These appointments are also effective from 1 May 2008. In another move, Stuart Allan, has assumed responsibility for the South Deep Gold Mine as the Vice President and Head of Operations. About Gold Fields Gold Fields Limited is one of the world's largest unhedged producers of gold with attributable production of more than four million ounces per annum from eight operating mines in South Africa, Ghana and Australia. A ninth mine, the Cerro Corona Gold/Copper mine in Peru, is expected to commence production by mid 2008 at an initial rate of approximately 400,000 gold equivalent ounces per annum. The company has total attributable ore reserves of 92 million ounces and mineral resources of 252 million ounces. Gold Fields employs some 53,000 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). All of Gold Fields' operations are ISO14001 certified. For more information please visit the Gold Fields website at http://www.goldfields.co.za/. DATASOURCE: Gold Fields Limited CONTACT: Enquires: Reidwaan Wookay, Tel: +27-11-644-2665, Fax: +27-11-484-0639, Mobile: +27(0)84-878-4566; Andrew Davidson, Tel: +27-11-644-2638, Fax: +27-11-484-0639, Mobile: +27(0)82-667-7203

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