JOHANNESBURG, January 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Gold Fields Limited ("Gold Fields") (NYSE, JSE, DIFX: GFI) is disappointed to confirm that Eskom has informed the Company that authorisation to increase electricity load from 80% to 90% by this evening, has been temporarily withdrawn in order to "protect further frequency decay and system instability."

To comply with this instruction, and in the interest of safety, production at Gold Fields' operations is being pulled back to the 80% power level.

About Gold Fields

Gold Fields Limited is one of the world's largest unhedged producers of gold with attributable production of more than four million ounces per annum from eight operating mines in South Africa, Ghana and Australia.

A ninth mine, the Cerro Corona Gold/Copper mine in Peru, is expected to commence production by mid 2008 at an initial rate of approximately 400,000 gold equivalent ounces per annum.

The company has total attributable ore reserves of 92 million ounces and mineral resources of 252 million ounces.

Gold Fields employs some 47,000 permanent employees across its operations and is listed on the JSE Limited South Africa (primary listing), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX).

All of Gold Fields' operations are ISO14001 certified. For more information please visit the Gold Fields website at http://www.goldfields.co.za.

SOURCE Gold Fields Limited