Rufus Decker |
Accounting Branch Chief |
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 |
Gold Fields Limited |
Reg. 1968/004880/06 150 Helen Road, Sandown, Sandton, 2196 |
Postnet Suite 252 |
Private Bag X30500 |
Houghton, 2041 |
South Africa
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Tel +27 11 562-9796 |
Fax +27 11 562-9825 www.goldfields.com |
August 15, 2017
By EDGAR
Dear Mr. Decker,
Re: | Gold Fields Limited |
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016 |
Filed on April 5, 2017 |
File No. 001-31318 |
Gold Fields Limited (the “Company”) received a comment letter from the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) dated August 8, 2017 (the “Comment Letter”) related to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.
The Company respectfully requests an extension of an additional ten business days to respond to the Comment Letter in order to permit sufficient time for an internal review of its responses at the appropriate level of the Company. The Company hereby submits such request and confirms that it will respond to the comment of the Staff set forth in the Comment Letter on or before September 5, 2017.
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: | Blaise Rhodes, Securities and Exchange Commission |
Nasreen Mohammed, Securities and Exchange Commission |
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^, R P Menell, D M J Ncube, S P Reid^, Y G H Suleman
^Australian, †British, #Ghanaian, ** Executive Director
Company Secretary: MML Mokoka