Gold Fields Annual Report for the Financial Year to 30 June 2010

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 23 /CNW/ - Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) today issued and mailed its Annual Report for the financial year ended 30 June 2010 to shareholders and other interested parties.

The report incorporates aspects of the Group's business, including reviews of the South African, West African, Australasian, South American operations, the Group's exploration and development projects, as well as detailed financial and corporate governance information.

An extensive sustainable development section outlines Gold Fields' commitment to the sustainable growth and development of its operations. The report has achieved an independently assured A+ level of application to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

The Annual Report for F2010, including a statement on Mineral Reserves and Resources, is available in electronic format on the Gold Fields website at http://www.goldfields.co.za.

The next Annual Report will be released before the end of March 2011 as Gold Fields is changing its financial year-end from end-June to end-December.

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About Gold Fields

Gold Fields is one of the world's largest unhedged producers of gold with attributable production of 3.5 million gold equivalent ounces per annum from nine operating mines in South Africa, Ghana, Australia and Peru. Gold Fields also has an extensive growth pipeline with both greenfields and near-mine exploration projects at various stages of development. Gold Fields has total attributable gold equivalent Mineral Reserves of 78 million ounces and Mineral Resources of 281 million ounces. Gold Fields is listed on JSE Limited (primary listing), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the NASDAQ Dubai Limited, the Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and the Swiss Exchange (SIX).

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