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Final ultimatum for Gold Fields' KDC East to return to work

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

FINAL ULTIMATUM FOR GOLD FIELDS’ KDC EAST TO RETURN TO WORK


Johannesburg, 19 October 2012: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI)
regrets to advise that approximately 8,500 of the 12,500 employees at KDC East (formerly Kloof Gold
Mine), on an unlawful strike since 14 October, 2012, have not yet returned to work.

Gold Fields, with the support of the Board of Directors, this afternoon issued a final ultimatum to the
employees still on strike at KDC East, to present themselves for work starting with the night shift on
Monday, 22 October 2012, and the morning and afternoon shifts on Tuesday, 23 October, 2012, or
face immediate dismissal.

Gold Fields has secured a Court Interdict declaring the strike unlawful and ordering striking employees
to return to work. The company has also embarked on a comprehensive communication campaign to
encourage striking employees to observe the court order, and has issued an ultimatum for workers to
return to work.

All of these requests have been ignored. Striking employees and their representatives have also been
given sufficient opportunities to make representations as to why they should not be dismissed, all of
which were not taken up.

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
Investor 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

Media Enquiries

Sven Lunsche
Tel          +27 11 562 9763
Mobile       +27 83 260 9279
email        Sven.Lunsche@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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