Gold Fields Reports Fatality At South Deep Project In South Africa

(RTTNews) - Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) regrets to announce that an employee at the South Deep Project in South Africa this morning lost his life in an industrial-type accident in an underground satellite workshop at the mine. It is to be noted that this is the second fatal accident of a similar nature at South Deep over the past 10 days. The earlier incident, where an employee lost his life, was also an industrial-type accident, and occurred on May 17, 2014.

The relevant authorities were notified and all activities in the affected area were suspended pending an inspection by management and the authorities.

The impact of these fatalities on production for the rest of the year, coupled with the potential impact of any proposed remedial action arising from the mine-wide safety review referred to above, would be reported as soon as possible.