GOLD FIELDS LIMITED - 8 500 KDC EAST EMPLOYEES JOI15 Oct 2012
GFI 201210150027A
8,500 KDC EAST EMPLOYEES JOINS UNLAWFUL STRIKE

Gold Fields Limited
(Reg. No. 1968/004880/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(“Gold Fields” or “the Company”)
JSE, NYSE, DIFX Share Code: GFI
ISIN Code: ZAE000018123


M E D I A        R E L E A S E

8,500 KDC EAST EMPLOYEES JOINS UNLAWFUL STRIKE


Johannesburg, 15 October 2012: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) regrets to
announce that approximately 8,500 of the 12,400 employees at its KDC East operation (formerly Kloof Gold
Mine) have started an unlawful strike, commencing with the night shift last night, 14 October, 2012.

The total number of employees now engaged in the unlawful strike at KDC East and KDC West is approximately
19,500 out of a total workforce of approximately 26,700. Production at the entire KDC has now been
suspended.


Gold Fields Limited
Reg. 1968/004880/06
150 Helen Road,
Sandown, Sandton,
2196

Postnet Suite 252
Private Bag X30500
Houghton, 2041
South Africa

Tel +27 11 562 9700
Fax +27 11 562 9838
www.goldfields.co.za



Enquiries

Willie Jacobsz
Tel              +27 11 562 9775
Mobile           +27 82 971 9238 (SA)
Mobile           +1 857 241 7127 (USA)
Email            Willie.Jacobsz@goldfields.co.za


Notes to editors

About Gold Fields
Gold Fields is one of the world’s largest unhedged producers of gold with attributable annualised production of
3.5 million gold equivalent ounces from eight operating mines in Australia, Ghana, Peru and South Africa. Gold
Fields also has an extensive and diverse global growth pipeline with four major projects in resource
development and feasibility, with construction decisions expected in the next 18 to 24 months. Gold Fields has
total attributable gold equivalent Mineral Reserves of 80.6 million ounces and Mineral Resources of 217 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).

Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited

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