Gold Fields Limited is a South African gold mining

Gold mining

Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth.-History:...

 firm, one of the world’s largest, which is listed on both the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

The firm was formed in 1998 with the amalgamation of the gold assets of Gold Fields of South Africa Limited and Gencor Limited.

The company is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. It owns and operates mines from South Africa to Australia and has a policy of exploring for gold in any country. Executive Gordon R. Parker

Gordon R. Parker

Gordon R. Parker is a business executive notable for leading the Gold Fields unit of Toronto-based Iamgold corporation. He was chairman of Newmont Mining Corporation which was a firm involved with exploring, acquiring, and managing gold metals. Parker is a director at corporations including...

 led Gold Fields.

Executive Directors

• Chief Executive Officer – Nicholas J Holland

Holland has worked in financial management for 29 years, 21 years of which were spent in the mining sector. He has been an executive at Gold fields since 1998, becoming CEO in 2008. Holland is also a director of the Rand Refinery, one of the world's largest gold refineries.

• Chief Financial Officer – Paul A Schmidt

Ghana

• Tarkwa Gold Mine

4km west of the town of Tarkwa

• Damang Gold Mine

30km north of the neighbouring Tarkwa Gold Mine

Peru

• Cerro Corona Gold Mine

The Cerro Corona Mine in Peru is in the highest part of the western Cordillera of the Andes Mountains in the north of the country.

South Africa

• Beatrix Gold Mine
• Driefontein Gold Mine
• Kloof Gold Mine
• South Deep Gold Mine