GOLD FIELDS LIMITED - Resignation of Chair and appointment of New Chair

Resignation of Chair and appointment of New Chair

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


RESIGNATION OF CHAIR AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW CHAIR


The Chair of Gold Fields Limited, Dr Mamphela Ramphele, has
announced her resignation from the Company’s Board of Directors
with immediate effect. Dr Ramphele has decided to retire as Chair
to further her socio-economic and political work. She has
resigned from most of her private sector directorships and will
relinquish all other remaining private sector directorships and
positions to focus on these activities.

Gold Fields non-executive director, Cheryl Carolus, will succeed
Dr Ramphele as Chair of the Company with immediate effect. Ms
Carolus was appointed a director of Gold Fields on 10 March 2009.
She is Executive Chair of Peotona Group Holdings Ltd and is a
director of Investec and De Beers, amongst others.

Dr Ramphele said: “I am pleased that during my tenure at Gold
Fields significant progress has been made in entrenching the
sustainability of the Company’s operations worldwide. I also
believe that the separate listing and unbundling of the Company’s
KDC and Beatrix mines into Sibanye Gold will provide the South
African operations with the dedicated and focused management as
well as full control over their cash flows to extend their life
of mine in a sustainable manner to the benefit of investors,
employees and communities.

“I would like to thank my fellow directors and the Gold Fields
management team, led by CEO Nick Holland, for their support over
the past two-and-a-half years. It’s been a privilege working with
them,” Dr Ramphele said.

Dr Ramphele was appointed to the Board of Gold Fields Limited on
1 July 2010 and chaired the Board from 2 November 2010. She also
served on various Board Committees during her tenure.

The Board and management of Gold Fields thank Dr Ramphele for her
significant contribution to the Company and her leadership of the
Board and wish her every success in her new ventures.


13 February 2013
Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited

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