Gold Fields Sells Stake in Eldorado Gold for CAD323 Million
04 September 2009 - 8:45PM
PR Newswire (US)
JOHANNESBURG, September 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gold Fields
Limited (Gold Fields) (JSE, NYSE, NASDAQ Dubai: GFI) is pleased to
announce that it has disposed of its holding in Eldorado Gold
Corporation (Eldorado). Gold Fields disposed of 27,824,654 Eldorado
shares at CAD11,61 per share for a total consideration of CAD323
million (approximately US$293 million*). This share disposal does
not impact Gold Fields' top-up right as negotiated with Eldorado in
connection with the sale to Eldorado of its 19,9% stake in Sino
Gold Mining Limited (Sino Gold). If Eldorado acquires in any manner
an additional 5% or more of the shares of Sino Gold during the 18
months ending in early December 2010, Gold Fields will receive a
top-up should a higher price be paid in that transaction than the
original consideration of 48 Eldorado shares for every 100 Sino
Gold shares. The proceeds of this disposal will be used for debt
repayments. *Exchange rate: USD/CAD:1.1 About Gold Fields Gold
Fields Limited is one of the world's largest unhedged producers of
gold with attributable steady state production of approximately 3.6
million ounces per annum from nine operating mines in South Africa,
Peru, Ghana and Australia. 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), NYSE Euronext in Brussels (NYX) and Swiss Exchange (SWX).
For more information please visit the Gold Fields website at
http://www.goldfields.co.za/. DATASOURCE: Gold Fields Limited
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