Gold Fields Limited
About Gold Fields Limited
Overview
Gold Fields Limited is one of the world's largest gold producers with operating mines in South Africa, Ghana, Australia, and Peru. With a 135-year history, the company is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and has a proven track record of operational excellence, project development, and value creation. Gold Fields maintains one of the industry's strongest production profiles.
Operations
Gold Fields operates the South Deep mine in South Africa (one of the world's largest gold deposits), Tarkwa and Damang mines in Ghana, St Ives, Agnew, and Granny Smith mines in Australia, and Cerro Corona mine in Peru. The company produces approximately 2.3 million ounces of gold annually. The portfolio provides geographic diversification across established mining jurisdictions.
Strategy
The company's strategy emphasizes safe and responsible operations, improving margins through cost management and productivity improvements, growing production through brownfield expansions and targeted acquisitions, maintaining a strong balance sheet, and delivering sustainable returns to shareholders. Gold Fields focuses on Tier 1 mining jurisdictions with long mine life potential.
Key Projects
Major projects include the Salares Norte gold-silver project in Chile (construction complete, commissioning underway), Asanko gold mine in Ghana (joint venture, evaluating expansion), South Deep optimization programs to unlock the full potential of this world-class orebody, and ongoing exploration across the portfolio including significant potential at Gruyere JV in Australia.
Primary Commodities
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Quick Facts
- Ticker Symbol
- GFI
- Market Cap
- Large Cap
- Category
- Gold
- Commodities
- Gold, Copper
- Headquarters
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Founded
- 1887
- Employees
- ~17,000
Operating Countries
Producing Assets
- •South Deep (South Africa)
- •Tarkwa (Ghana)
- •Damang (Ghana)
- •St Ives (Australia)
- •Agnew (Australia)
- •Granny Smith (Australia)
- •Cerro Corona (Peru)
Development Assets
- •Salares Norte (Chile)
- •Asanko (Ghana)
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