KDC East Opens, KDC West Remains Closed

JOHANNESBURG, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) reports that the East
section of the Kloof Driefontein Complex (KDC East) will be re-opened with the start of
night shift this evening.

Both KDC East and West were closed by management on Sunday, 1 July 2012, following the
start of a fire at KDC West, as a result of which five employees tragically lost their
lives. The Western section of KDC (KDC West), which is subject to a Section 54 Order
issued by the Department of Mineral Resources, remains closed until further notice.

The fire at KDC West has not yet been extinguished and proto teams continue to attend
the scene.

Notes to editors

About Gold Fields

Gold Fields is one of the world’s largest unhedged producers of gold with attributable
annualised production of 3.5 million gold equivalent ounces from eight operating mines in
Australia, Ghana, Peru and South Africa. Gold Fields also has an extensive and diverse
global growth pipeline with four major projects in resource development and feasibility,
with construction decisions expected in the next 18 to 24 months. Gold Fields has total
attributable gold equivalent Mineral Reserves of 80.6 million ounces and Mineral Resources
of 217 million ounces. Gold Fields is listed on the JSE Limited (primary listing), the New
York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ Dubai Limited, Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and the Swiss
Exchange (SWX).

Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited

Investor enquiries: Willie Jacobsz: +27-82-971-9238 (SA) or +1-857-241-7127 (USA)

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SOURCE Gold Fields Limited