MEDIA RELEASE

APPOINTMENT OF MS. CHERYL CAROLUS AND

MR. ROBERTO DA�INO TO THE GOLD FIELDS BOARD

Johannesburg, 11 March 2009: Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) (NYSE, JSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI)is pleased to announce the appointments of Ms. Cheryl Carolus and Mr. Roberto Da�ino to the Board of Directors.

Ms. Carolus, a South African born in Silvertown in Cape Town, became involved in politics while still at school and as an activist after joining the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983. She was National Co-coordinator of the UDF from 1985 to 1990. In May 1990, Ms. Carolus was elected to be part of the African National Congress' (ANC) delegation which held talks with the apartheid government, and in July 1991, she was elected to the ANC's National Executive Committee. From 1994 to 1997 she was Deputy Secretary General of the ANC and from 1997 to 1998 acting Secretary General. In 1998, she became South Africa's High Commissioner to London. Between 2001 and 2004, she was the Chief Executive Officer of SA Tourism (SATOUR). She is currently the Chairperson of the South African National Parks (SANPARKS). She is also executive chairperson of Peotona Holdings, an investment company that deals with business development.

Mr. Roberto Da�ino is a Peruvian lawyer who has practiced for over 30 years as a Partner of leading law firms in Lima and Washington DC. He has ample experience throughout Latin America, as well as in the USA and the UK. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. Mr. Da�ino sits on various corporate and non-profit boards, both in Peru and the USA, including Gold Fields La Cima in Peru. Mr. Da�ino has also served as Prime Minister of Peru and Ambassador to United States. He has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the World Bank, as well as Secretary General of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). He was also the founding General Counsel of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) in Washington, D.C., the private sector affiliate of the Inter-American Development Bank.

The appointments are effective from 10 March 2009.

Enquiries:

Willie Jacobsz

Mobile:  +857 241-7127

Marritt Claassens

Mobile:  +27 (0) 82 307-3297

Nikki Catrakilis-Wagner

Mobile:  +27 (0) 83 309 6720

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About Gold Fields

Gold Fields Limited is one of the world�s largest unhedged producers of gold with attributable production of 3,64 million ounces per annum from eight operating mines in South Africa, Ghana and Australia. A ninth mine, Cerro Corona Gold/Copper mine in Peru, commenced production in August 2008 at an initial rate of approximately 375,000 gold equivalent ounces per annum. Gold Fields aims to reach a production rate of approximately 4.0 million ounces per annum during the March quarter of 2009. The company has total attributable ore reserves of 83 million ounces and mineral resources of 251 million ounces. Gold Fields is listed on the JSE Limited (primary listing), New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NASDAQ Dubai Limited (NASDAQ Dubai), New Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and Swiss Exchange (SWX). For more information please visit the Gold Fields website atwww.goldfields.co.za.