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June 26, 2019 | Gold Fields Limited Reg. 1968/004880/06 150 Helen Road, Sandown, Sandton, 2196 | |||
John Reynolds Assistant Director Office of Beverages, Apparel and Mining United States Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporation Finance 100 F Street, N.E. Washington D.C. 20549 – 7010 United States of America |
Postnet Suite 252 Private Bag X30500 Houghton, 2041 South Africa
Tel +27 11 562-9700 Fax +27 86 720 2704 www.goldfields.com |
By EDGAR
Dear Mr. Reynolds,
RE: | Gold Fields Limited |
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018
Filed on March 29, 2019
File No. 001-31318
As you are aware, Gold Fields Limited (the “Company”) received a comment letter from the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) dated June 17, 2019 (the “Comment Letter”) related to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.
The Comment Letter requests that the Company respond within ten (10) business days from the date thereof, or inform the Staff of when the Company would provide a response. The Company respectfully requests an extension of an additional ten (10) business days to respond to the Comment Letter in order to provide sufficient time for the Company to prepare the necessary response. The Company hereby confirms that it intends to respond to the comment of the Staff set forth in the Comment Letter on or before July 16, 2019.
Thank you for your consideration related to the Comment Letter and please do not hesitate to contact me at +27 11 562 9796 or pauls@goldfields.com with any questions.
Sincerely,
/s/ Paul Schmidt
Paul Schmidt
Chief Financial Officer
Gold Fields Limited
Cc: | George K. Schuler, Securities and Exchange Commission |
Pam Howell, Securities and Exchange Commission
Nicholas Holland, Gold Fields Limited
Taryn Harmse, Gold Fields Limited
Thomas B. Shropshire, Jr., Linklaters LLP
Directors: C A Carolus (Chair), N J Holland†** (Chief Executive Officer), P A Schmidt** (Chief Financial Officer), A Andani #, P J Bacchus†,
T P Goodlace, C E Letton^, P Mahanyele -Dabengwa, R P Menell, S P Reid^, Y G H Suleman
^Australian, †British, #Ghanaian, ** Executive Director
Company Secretary: MML Mokoka