Trading statement for the 6 months ending 30 June 2018 Gold Fields Limited Reg. No. 1968/004880/06) Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Share Code: GFI ISIN Code: ZAE000018123 (“Gold Fields” or “the Company”) MEDIA RELEASE Trading statement for 6 months to 30 June 2018 Johannesburg, 8 August 2018: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE: GFI) advises that basic earnings per share (EPS) for the six months ended 30 June 2018 (H1 2018) is expected to be at least 20% lower than the US$0.07 per share reported for the six months ended 30 June 2017 (H1 2017). Additional information will be provided in due course. The financial information on which this trading statement is based has not been reviewed, and reported on, by the Company’s external auditors. Gold Fields is expected to release H1 2018 financial results on Thursday, 16 August 2018. 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 gold producer with seven operating mines in Australia, Ghana, Peru and South Africa, and a total attributable annual gold-equivalent production of approximately 2.2 million ounces. It has attributable gold Mineral Reserves of around 49 million ounces and gold Mineral Resources of around 104 million ounces. Attributable copper Mineral Reserves total 764 million pounds and Mineral Resources 4,881 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 (SIX). Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 08/08/2018 08:00:00 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.