# GOLD FIELDS LTD

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## Overview

Gold Fields Limited is a global gold mining company engaged in the exploration, development and production of gold; some of its operations also produce copper. Its mines span Australia, South Africa, Ghana, Chile and Peru, and it has a development project in Canada. The company’s stated purpose is to “create enduring value beyond mining.” [1](https://www.goldfields.com/this-is-gold-fields.php) [2](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/our-global-operations.php) [3](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2024/our-purpose-strategy-and-values.php)

For FY2025, Gold Fields reported US$8.4 billion in revenue from gold sales. Its reported workforce was 23,235, including employees and contractors/business partners. [4](https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/investors/integrated-annual-reports/2025/afs-2025.pdf) [2](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/our-global-operations.php) [5](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/stakeholders.php)
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## Products & services

Gold Fields’ principal product is gold, produced as semi-pure doré and then refined by external refineries into bullion. The company also produces copper-gold concentrate from its gold-copper flotation operation at Cerro Corona. [6](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2024/our-business-model.php) [2](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/our-global-operations.php)

Gold-silver doré is also produced at Salares Norte. In FY2025, attributable gold-equivalent production was 2.438 million ounces; copper and silver contributed approximately 3% and 1%, respectively, of Group production on that basis. [7](https://www.goldfields.com/download/media-release-gold-fields-pours-first-gold-at-salares-norte-final.pdf) [8](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/q4-2026/ceo-statement.php)
[6](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2024/our-business-model.php)[2](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/our-global-operations.php)[7](https://www.goldfields.com/download/media-release-gold-fields-pours-first-gold-at-salares-norte-final.pdf)[8](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/q4-2026/ceo-statement.php)[6](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2024/our-business-model.php)[2](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/our-global-operations.php)[7](https://www.goldfields.com/download/media-release-gold-fields-pours-first-gold-at-salares-norte-final.pdf)[8](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/q4-2026/ceo-statement.php)

## Geographic presence

Gold Fields’ operating footprint spans Australia, Ghana, South Africa, Peru and Chile; its 2025 portfolio also included the Windfall underground gold project in Canada. Named operations include South Deep in South Africa, Tarkwa and Damang in Ghana, Cerro Corona in Peru, Salares Norte in Chile, and St Ives, Agnew, Granny Smith and Gruyere in Australia. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498233) South Deep is in the Witwatersrand Basin, Tarkwa is in Ghana’s Tarkwa Basin, St Ives is in Western Australia’s eastern Goldfields, and Salares Norte is in Chile’s Atacama region. [10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498303)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498304)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498302)[13](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/operational-performance.php)

In 2025, Australia accounted for 44% of attributable gold-equivalent production, Ghana 21%, Chile 16%, South Africa 12% and Peru 7%. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498233) Gold Fields lists its corporate office in Sandton, Johannesburg, and an Australia contact office in Perth, Western Australia. [14](https://www.goldfields.com/contact-details.php) The reported total workforce was 23,235; a country-by-country employee distribution was not provided in the cited global-operations information. [9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498233)
[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498233)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498303)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498304)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498302)[13](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/operational-performance.php)[14](https://www.goldfields.com/contact-details.php)[13](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2025/operational-performance.php)[14](https://www.goldfields.com/contact-details.php)

## Business segments

Gold Fields’ 2025 segment reporting presents operations geographically by asset location and lists mine-level operating units; Australia is also shown as a combined subtotal. Approximate contributions below are each operation’s share of 2025 Group revenue of US$8,751.3 million, rounded. [15](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153502313)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17685338)[17](https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/investors/integrated-annual-reports/2025/iar-2025-interactive.pdf)

The South African operation is South Deep (12.2% of Group revenue), a bulk-mechanised underground mine. Ghana comprises Tarkwa (18.8%), a large open-pit gold mine, and Damang (3.8%), a gold operation. Peru’s Cerro Corona (6.8%) is an open-pit gold-copper mine, while Chile’s Salares Norte (16.2%) is an open-pit gold-silver mine. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17685338)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498233)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498303)[11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498304)

Australia contributes 42.2% in total, across St Ives (14.6%; underground and open-pit operations), Agnew (9.6%; underground operations), Granny Smith (10.5%; underground), and Gruyere (7.6%; large-scale, low-grade open pit). The mine-level revenue figures include sales of copper and silver as well as gold; “Corporate” is a reconciliation/exploration category rather than a revenue-generating operating segment. [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17685338)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153498233)[18](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153502327)[19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P153502316)
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## Company history

Gold Fields’ historical roots date to 1887, when Cecil John Rhodes and Charles Rudd founded Gold Fields of South Africa on the Witwatersrand. The present-day Gold Fields Limited was formed in 1998 through the combination of gold assets from Gold Fields of South Africa and Gencor. [20](https://www.goldfields.com/in-the-news-article.php?articleID=13845) [21](https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/media/publications/group/2012/september-golden-age.pdf)

The company expanded beyond South Africa from the 1990s onward: it established a foothold in Ghana through Tarkwa in 1993, acquired Australian mines at St Ives and Agnew in 2001, and added further assets through the Cerro Corona purchase in 2006 and acquisitions related to South Deep in 2006–07. [22](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2017/minerals/tarkwa-gold-brief-history.php) [23](https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/investors/integrated-annual-reports/2002/booklet.pdf) [24](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2017/minerals/cerro-corona-mine-brief-history.php) [25](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/goldfields_rr_dec2010/pdf/south_deep_history.pdf)

In 2013, Gold Fields separated its KDC and Beatrix mines into Sibanye Gold and acquired Barrick’s Yilgarn South assets in Australia. More recently, it completed the acquisition of Osisko Mining in 2024, bringing the Windfall project into its portfolio, and completed its acquisition of Gold Road Resources in 2025, increasing its ownership of the Gruyere operation. [26](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual_report_2013/afr/note10.html) [27](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/f2013/q4_f2013/index.php) [28](https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/media/media-release/2024/gold-fields-completes-acquisition-of-osisko-mining-eng-final.pdf) [8](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/q4-2026/ceo-statement.php)
[20](https://www.goldfields.com/in-the-news-article.php?articleID=13845)[21](https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/media/publications/group/2012/september-golden-age.pdf)[22](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2017/minerals/tarkwa-gold-brief-history.php)[23](https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/investors/integrated-annual-reports/2002/booklet.pdf)[24](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual-report-2017/minerals/cerro-corona-mine-brief-history.php)[25](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/goldfields_rr_dec2010/pdf/south_deep_history.pdf)[26](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/annual_report_2013/afr/note10.html)[27](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/f2013/q4_f2013/index.php)[28](https://www.goldfields.com/pdf/media/media-release/2024/gold-fields-completes-acquisition-of-osisko-mining-eng-final.pdf)[8](https://www.goldfields.com/reports/q4-2026/ceo-statement.php)

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