Directors: A J Wright (Chairman), N J Holland
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(Chief Executive Officer), K Ansah
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, T P Goodlace (Chief Operating Officer), J G Hopwood,
G Marcus, J M McMahon
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, D N Murray, D M J Ncube, R L Pennant-Rea
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, P J Ryan, C I von Christierson
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British,
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Ghanaian
Corporate Secretary: C Farrel
Gold Fields Limited
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Enquires
Andrew Davidson
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+27 11-644-2638
Mobile +27 82 667-7203
MEDIA RELEASE
Kloof Gold Mine achieves a million
fatality-free shifts
Johannesburg, June 25, 2008: Gold Fields Limited (“Gold Fields”)
(NYSE, JSE, DIFX: GFI) is pleased to report that its Kloof gold mine,
near Westonaria on the West Rand today achieved one million fatality-
free shifts.
The milestone was achieved with the completion of the night shift early
today and has taken 51 working days of dedication, teamwork, and
commitment to safety procedures and best practices in mining.
Rodney Hart, the vice president and head of operations at Kloof,
praised the employees for their significant achievement which he said
had been brought about by “a change of attitude towards our own and
the safety of our team members”.
Nick Holland, the chief executive of Gold Fields, said:
“The one million fatality-free shifts at Kloof demonstrates that safe
working can be achieved at deep-level gold mines. It has also given a
significant boost to our safety efforts throughout all our operations
following the very unfortunate accidents we had earlier this year.
Safety remains the number one priority within Gold Fields and we are
currently conducting a comprehensive audit of our safety practices and
safety performance at our mines in South Africa. If we can go for more
than 50 days at a deep-level mine such as Kloof without one fatal
injury, then I firmly believe that our goal of having zero fatalities on all
Gold Fields mines can be realised.”
Kloof employs approximately 15,000 people and mining takes place at
depths of up to 3 kilometres. The previous one million fatality-free
shifts at Kloof was achieved on 4 April, 2006.
Enquiries:
Andrew
Davidson
Office Tel:
011-644-2638
Mobile:
082 667-7203
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Gold Fields Limited is one of the world’s largest unhedged producers of gold
with attributable production approaching four million ounces per annum, total
attributable ore reserves of 92 million ounces and mineral resources of 252
million ounces. The Group employs some 47,000 permanent employees
across its operations and is listed on the JSE Limited South Africa (primary
listing), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Dubai International
Financial Exchange (DIFX).