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KDC East mine resumes production - Gold Fields

Company says it has reinstated most of 8 100 dismissed employees at request of NUM

KDC EAST MINE RESUMES PRODUCTION

Johannesburg, 6 November 2012: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) is pleased to announce that employees this morning returned to work at its KDC East Mine (formerly Kloof) to resume production after a 23-day strike. All three of Gold Fields' operating mines in South Africa are now back in production.

The mine had dismissed 8,100 employees on October 23 for participation in the unlawful strike over the preceding nine days. However, after a deal with the National Union of Mineworkers, the vast majority of them were reinstated to their previous positions. All employees are also eligible for benefits under the Chamber of Mines Settlement Agreement concluded on 25 October 2012.

Statement issued by Gold Fields Limited, November 6 2012

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