Gold Fields Ltd - KDC WEST RE-OPENS, YA RONA SHAFT REMAINS CLOSED

Gold Fields Limited
(Reg. No. 1968/004880/06)
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Share Code: GFI
ISIN Code: ZAE000018123


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

KDC WEST RE-OPENS, YA RONA SHAFT REMAINS CLOSED



Johannesburg, 9 July 2012: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE,

NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) reports that the Department of Mineral

Resources had agreed to the re-opening of the West section of the

Kloof Driefontein Complex (KDC West), except for the Ya Rona Shaft

and the first full shift went down with the morning shift today. This

follows the re-opening of KDC East on Tuesday last week.


Both KDC East and West were closed by management following the start

of a fire at the Ya Rona Shaft on Saturday evening, 30 June 2012,

after which five employees tragically lost their lives. The Ya Rona

Shaft, which remains subject to a Section 54 Order issued by the

Department of Mineral Resources, will stay closed until further
notice.


The fire at the Ya Rona Shaft has not yet been extinguished and proto
teams continue to attend the scene.


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)
E-mail    Willie.Jacobsz@goldfields.co.za

Media Enquiries
Sven Lunsche
Tel       +27 11 562 9763
Mobile    +27 83 260 9279
E-mail    Sven.Lunsche@goldfields.co.za

Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited


Notes to editors

About Gold Fields

Gold Fields is one of the worlda''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).

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