Gold Fields Mines is Cyanide Code Accredited

Gold Fields Mines is Cyanide Code Accredited
November 12, 2009
A statement issued by the company on Thursday said the company was the first mining group to have received accreditation from the International Cyanide Management Code following full accreditation awarded two of the company's mines in South Africa.

The statement quoted Mr Nick Holland, Chief Executive Officer of Gold Fields as saying "the Kloof and Driefontein achievements follow equally impressive accomplishments at the Beatrix mine, which is also in South Africa which achieved its full accreditation in February 2009."

"The Agnew mine in Australia achieved substantial accreditation in June 2009 and is expected to achieve full accreditation in December 2009. This means that all of the eligible Gold Fields mines are now accredited and seven of the eight have achieved full compliance," the statement said.

The statement said Mr Paul Bateman applauded the efforts of Gold Fields for being the first mining group to have obtained accreditation for its signatory operations.

The group has total attributable Mineral Reserves of 81 million ounces and Mineral Resources of 271 million ounces. Gold Fields is listed on JSE Limited (primary listing), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX), the Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and the Swiss Exchange (SWX).

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