Sibanye Gold Limited trading as Sibanye-Stillwater
Reg. 2002/031431/06
Registered and Business Address:
Libanon Business Park
1 Hospital Street · (Off Cedar Ave)
Libanon · Westonaria · 1780
Postal Address:
Private Bag X5 · Westonaria · 1780
Tel +27 11 278 9600 · Fax +27 11 278 9863
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
| October 23, 2017 |
By EDGAR
Dear Mr. Decker,
Re: Sibanye Gold Limited
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016
Filed on April 7, 2017
File No. 001-35785
Sibanye Gold Limited (the “Company”) received a comment letter from the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff”) dated October 13, 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 November 13, 2017.
Thank you for your consideration related to the Comment Letter and please do not hesitate to contact me at +27 11 278 9699 or charl.keyter@sibanyestillwater.com with any questions.
Sincerely
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/s/ Charl Keyter |
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Charl Keyter |
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Group Chief Financial Officer |
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Sibanye Gold Limited |
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cc: | Alicia Brink, Sibanye Gold Limited |
| Gerhard Van Vuuren, Sibanye Gold Limited |
| Thomas B. Shropshire, Jr., Linklaters LLP |
| Jacques Erasmus, KPMG |
www.sibanyestillwater.com
Directors: Sello Moloko* (Chairman) Neal Froneman (CEO) Charl Keyter (CFO) Timothy Cumming* Savannah Danson* Barry Davison* Rick Menell* Nkosemntu Nika* Keith Rayner* Sue van der Merwe* Jerry Vilakazi* Cain Farrel (Corporate Secretary) (*Non-Executive)
Vat No. 473 020 9410