Illegal Strikes at Gold Fields' Ghanaian Mines Resolved

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) is pleased to report that employees at its Tarkwa and Damang mines in Ghana returned to work yesterday evening and this morning after embarking on illegal industrial action last Tuesday (2 April 2013).

This follows after management and the Ghana Mineworkers Union reached settlement on the issues that gave rise to the dispute.

Notes to editors

About Gold Fields

Gold Fields is a significant unhedged producer of gold with attributable annualised production of 2.1 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 International 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 a separately listed company, Sibanye Gold.

Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited

Enquiries

Investors
Willie Jacobsz
Tel: +27-11-562-9775
Mobile: +27-82-971-9238
Email: [email protected]

Media - South Africa
Sven Lunsche
Tel: +27-11-562-9763
Mobile: +27-83-260-9279
email: [email protected]

Media - Ghana
Sharda Naidoo
Mobile: +233-533-338-138 (Ghana)
Mobile: +27-83-560-1769
email: [email protected]

SOURCE Gold Fields Limited

WANT YOUR COMPANY'S NEWS FEATURED ON PRNEWSWIRE.COM?

440k+
Newsrooms &
Influencers

9k+
Digital Media
Outlets

270k+
Journalists
Opted In

GET STARTED