Gold Fields Form 20-F filing Gold Fields Limited Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration Number 1968/004880/06) JSE, NYSE, DIFX Share Code: GFI ISIN: ZAE000018123 ("Gold Fields" or “the Company”) MEDIA RELEASE Gold Fields Form 20-F filing Johannesburg, 6 April 2017: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE: GFI) advises that it filed its Form 20-F Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2016 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday. The document can be accessed on the Gold Fields website at www.goldfields.com. Gold Fields shareholders (including holders of Gold Fields American Depositary Receipts) may also receive hard copies of the Form 20-F Annual Report upon request. For a copy of the report, please contact Francie Whitley: +27 11 562 9712 or francie.whitley@goldfields.com. Enquiries Investors Avishkar Nagaser Tel: +27 11 562-9775 Mobile: +27 82 312 8692 Email : Avishkar.Nagaser@goldfields.com Thomas Mengel Tel: +27 11 562 9849 Mobile: +27 72 493 5170 Email: Thomas.Mengel@goldfields.com Media Sven Lunsche Tel: +27 11 562-9763 Mobile: +27 83 260 9279 Email : Sven.Lunsche@goldfields.com ends Notes to editors About Gold Fields Gold Fields Limited is a globally diversified producer of gold with eight operating mines in Australia, Ghana, Peru and South Africa with attributable annual gold-equivalent production of approximately 2.2 million ounces. It has attributable gold Mineral Reserves of around 48 million ounces and gold Mineral Resources of around 101 million ounces. Attributable copper Mineral Reserves total 454 million pounds and Mineral Resources 5,813 million pounds. Gold Fields has a primary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Limited, with secondary listings on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Swiss Exchange (SWX). Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 06/04/2017 02:19:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.