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Gold Fields

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South African mining company

Gold Fields Limited (formerly The Gold Fields of South Africa) is one of the world's largest gold mining firms. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the company 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.3 It employed about 49,700 people in 2010.1 Its shares trade on NYSE under the symbol GFI.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

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Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

$5.2BRevenue, fiscal 20246
$1.3BNet income, fiscal 20246
1998Founded1

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  • TickerGFI on NYSE1
  • Industrygold mining1
  • HeadquartersJohannesburg1
  • Websitewww.goldfields.co.za
  • Legal formprivate company limited by shares1
  • Listed onJohannesburg Stock Exchange (GFI), New York Stock Exchange (GFI)1
  • Business address150 Helen Road, Sandown, Sandton, T3 21967
  • Filer categoryLarge accelerated filer7
  • LEI5299003KXIBJQYCBBD724
  • StatusActive4
  • LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)4
  • Registered address150 Helen Road, 2196 Johannesburg, South Africa4

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Gold Fields Limited (formerly The Gold Fields of South Africa) is one of the world's largest gold mining firms. Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, the company 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 traces its roots back to 1887, when Cecil Rhodes founded Gold Fields of South Africa Limited. As of 2019, Gold Fields was the world's eighth-largest producer of gold.3

Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from.

Key numbers, fiscal 2024

24.8%Net margin6
15.6%Revenue growth, 20246
24.0%Return on equity6
0.33×Debt to equity6
$423.6MFree cash flow6

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2024

  • Cost of revenue55¢$2.8B
  • Other costs5¢$239.9M
  • Interest3¢$130.4M
  • Income tax13¢$697.1M
  • Profit25¢$1.3B

Out of $5.2B in revenue.6

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2024

  • Capital spending74¢$1.2B
  • Kept or used elsewhere26¢$423.6M

Out of $1.6B of cash from operations.6

Financial statements

Revenue9101112136$5.2B in 2024+88% since 2017
0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B2017: $2.8B$2.8B20172018: $2.6B$2.6B2018−7%2019: $3.0B$3.0B2019+15%2020: $3.9B$3.9B2020+31%2021: $4.2B$4.2B2021+8%2022: $4.3B$4.3B2022+2%2023: $4.5B$4.5B2023+5%2024: $5.2B$5.2B2024+16%
Net income9101112136$1.3B in 2024
-$500.0M0$500.0M$1.0B$1.5B2017: -$7.7M-$7.7M20172018: -$344.8M-$344.8M2018+4378%2019: $174.7M$174.7M20192020: $745.4M$745.4M2020+327%2021: $829.5M$829.5M2021+11%2022: $721.7M$721.7M2022−13%2023: $726.3M$726.3M2023+1%2024: $1.3B$1.3B2024+78%

Every line of the income statement as filed: the last 3 fiscal years, latest first.14

Period ending2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-31
Revenue$8.8B$5.2B$4.5B
Cost of sales-$3.7B-$2.8B-$2.7B
Investment income$53.3M$28.7M$24.9M
Finance expense-$120.7M-$50.4M-$62.9M
Unwinding of discount rate/net change in fair value of Asanko deferred and contingent considerations$58.1M$0$0
Foreign exchange gain/(loss)$6.6M-$6.6M-$5.6M
Share-based payments-$25.4M-$4.4M-$9.1M
Long-term incentive plan-$43.2M-$14.5M-$55.8M
Exploration expense-$297.8M-$98.4M-$76.2M
Reversal of impairment of assets, net of impairment$281.3M-$3.5M-$156.4M
Other costs, net-$134.8M-$82.1M-$48.8M
Restructuring costs-$10.3M-$6.6M-$7.8M
Ghana expected credit loss-$66.0M$0-$33.2M
Gain on remeasurement of 50% previously held interest in Gruyere$808.2M$0$0
Transaction costs on acquisition of Gold Road-$51.4M$0$0
Share of results of equity accounted investees, net of tax-$2.3M-$53.6M-$32.6M
Silicosis settlement costs-$700.0K$300.0K$4.1M
Profit on disposal of assets$1.1M$600.0K$32.4M
Profit before royalties and taxation$5.5B$2.1B$1.3B
Royalties-$231.9M-$147.7M-$116.4M
Profit before taxation$5.3B$2.0B$1.2B
Mining and income taxation-$1.6B-$697.1M-$465.1M
Profit from continuing operations$3.6B$1.3B$745.2M
Loss from discontinued operation$0$0-$18.9M
Profit for the year$3.6B$1.3B$726.3M
Owners of the parent$3.6B$1.2B$703.3M
Continuing operations$3.6B$1.2B$722.2M
Discontinued operation$0$0-$18.9M
Continuing operations$78.0M$45.5M$23.0M
Basic earnings per share - cents (in USD cents per share)$3.99$1.39$0.79
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations - cents (in USD cents per share)$3.99$1.39$0.81
Basic loss per share from discontinued operations - cents (in USD per share)$0.00$0.00-$0.02
Diluted earnings per share cents (in USD per share)$3.94$1.38$0.77
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations - cents (in USD per share)$3.94$1.38$0.79
Diluted loss per share from discontinued operations - cents (in USD per share)$0.00$0.00-$0.02

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Corporate structure

Gold Fields sits at the top of its group. 14 entities, 7 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Major holders of Gold Fields

  • BlackRock Filed SCHEDULE 13G/A on Gold Fields, latest Apr 24, 2025 (8 filings since Feb 3, 2022)
  • VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP Filed SC 13G/A on Gold Fields, latest Feb 14, 2023 (3 filings since Jan 6, 2022)
  • Gold Fields Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Canadian Malartic Corporation Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Galiano Gold Inc. Stake · A1
    • AGNEW GOLD MINING COMPANY PTY LIMITED Subsidiary · Perth, Australia
    • GOLD FIELDS ATACAMA HOLDINGS INC. Subsidiary · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • GOLD FIELDS AUSTRALASIA (BVI) LIMITED Subsidiary · Douglas, Isle of Man
    • Gold Fields Ghana Limited Subsidiary · Accra, Ghana
    • GOLD FIELDS NAZCA HOLDINGS INC Subsidiary · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • GOLD FIELDS NETHERLANDS SERVICES B.V. Subsidiary · Leiden, Netherlands
    • GOLD FIELDS OROGEN HOLDING (BVI) LIMITED Subsidiary · Braddan, Isle of Man
    • GRUYERE MINING COMPANY PTY LTD Subsidiary · Perth, Australia
    • GSM MINING COMPANY PTY LTD Subsidiary · Perth, Australia
    • MARSH HOLDINGS INC. Subsidiary · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Minera Gold Fields Salares Norte SpA Subsidiary · Santiago, Chile

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G; stakes of 5% or more it reported on Schedules 13D and 13G (1 companies). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Gold Fields reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Property and equipment, net$7.3B6 Dec 31, 2024$5.1B6 Dec 31, 2023+43.8%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$860.2M6 Dec 31, 2024$648.7M6 Dec 31, 2023+32.6%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$699.3M6 Dec 31, 2024$827.9M6 Dec 31, 2023−15.5%

Leadership

Who has led Gold Fields, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Michael John Fraser2026–now

Chief financial officer

  1. Alexander Thomas Dall2026–now

Chief operating officer

  1. Francois Swanepoel2026–now
200020052010201520202025
Board members and other officers (17)

Products and brands

Australia

Agnew

St Ives

Granny Smith

Gruyere (a joint venture with Gold Road Resources)

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Ghana

Tarkwa

Damang

Peru

Cerro Corona

South Africa

South Deep

In 2012, Gold Fields Limited unbundled its subsidiary, GFI Mining South Africa Proprietary Limited, which was then renamed Sibanye Gold Limited, and consisted of the KDC (formerly Kloof) and Beatrix mines, as well as an array of support service entities in South Africa. The three mines transferred from Gold Fields to Sibanye, later Sibanye-Stillwater, were:

Beatrix gold mine

KDC mine (formerly Kloof)

Driefontein mine

Chile

Salares Norte

Canada

Windfall project

In october 2024, Gold Fields announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Osisko Mining to acquire all the common shares of Osisko Mining on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). This transaction, was approved by Osisko Mining shareholders, and give Gold Fields full control of the Windfall Project in Québec, Canada, that was previously jointly and equally owned and managed by Gold Fields and Osisko Mining since May 2023.

From Wikipedia’s article on Gold Fields, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.8

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Oct 2024Acquired Canadian Malartic Corporation1

Employees over time

  • 201049,7151

Former names

  • GOLD FIELD LTDMay 6, 2002 to May 6, 20027

Timeline

  1. Mar 18, 2026New chief executive Michael John Fraser becomes CEO15
  2. 1998Founded Founded1

Filings

206 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 21 insider forms, 11 large holders, 169 other. The latest 20:

  1. Sep 28, 20266-K EDGAR
  2. Sep 23, 2026SD EDGAR
  3. Aug 26, 20266-K EDGAR
  4. Aug 11, 20266-K EDGAR
  5. Jun 24, 20264 EDGAR
  6. Jun 24, 20266-K EDGAR
  7. Jun 22, 20266-K EDGAR
  8. Jun 3, 20264 EDGAR
  9. Jun 3, 20266-K EDGAR
  10. May 26, 20266-K EDGAR
  11. May 7, 20266-K EDGAR
  12. Apr 2, 20266-K EDGAR
  13. Mar 30, 20266-K EDGAR
  14. Mar 30, 202620-F EDGAR
  15. Mar 18, 20263 EDGAR
  16. Mar 18, 20263 EDGAR
  17. Mar 18, 20263 EDGAR
  18. Mar 18, 20263 EDGAR
  19. Mar 18, 20263 EDGAR
  20. Mar 18, 20263 EDGAR

The 206 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

2 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 2 buys and 0 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

DateWhoTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
Jun 23, 2026MacKenzie John FraserDirectorBuy500$33.31$16.7KForm 4
Jun 2, 2026McGill Jacqueline ElizabethDirectorBuy500$37.70$18.9KForm 4

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

Stakes it holds

Gold Fields has told the SEC it owns more than 5% of 1 company, latest first (Schedules 13D and 13G).

Held by these funds

The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, the top 25 of 100. Change is in shares since the quarter before.

FundSharesValueShare of the fundChange
Van Eck Associates Corp33,292,015$1.1B0.7%−1,027,580
BlackRock, Inc.18,181,141$610.7M0.0%+762,312
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC7,071,608$237.5M0.2%+3,535,804
Deutsche Bank Ag\5,877,993$197.4M0.1%−25,270
Jpmorgan Chase & Co5,919,730$197.2M0.0%+132,905
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.5,844,741$196.3M0.2%−472,623
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP5,035,653$169.1M0.0%+117,092
American Century Companies Inc4,513,415$151.6M0.1%−101,838
Massachusetts Financial Services Co /ma/3,833,768$129.2M0.0%+1,669,076
Invesco Ltd.3,691,051$124.0M0.0%+320,652
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership3,212,397$107.9M0.0%−1,203,610
Man Group plc2,877,077$96.6M0.2%−24,515
Jane Street Group, LLC2,424,708$81.4M0.1%+1,150,897
Amundi2,403,245$80.7M0.0%−332,764
Schroder Investment Management Group2,096,136$69.8M0.0%+386,059
Aqr Capital Management LLC2,092,706$69.8M0.0%+400,779
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC2,045,362$69.0M0.1%−326,287
Victory Capital Management Inc2,015,995$67.7M0.0%−123,746
Mackenzie Financial Corp1,939,034$65.1M0.1%+96,182
Causeway Capital Management LLC1,713,233$57.5M0.6%+79,063
Lazard Asset Management LLC1,665,381$55.9M0.1%+384,520
USS Investment Management Ltd1,631,161$54.8M0.2%+431,010
Morgan Stanley1,609,801$54.1M0.0%−148,140
Renaissance Technologies LLC1,545,400$51.9M0.1%+1,207,196
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.1,496,983$50.3M0.0%New

13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.

Members of Congress who traded it

4 trades disclosed by members of Congress. “Vs S&P since” is the stock’s change since the trade minus the S&P 500’s.

DateMemberTradeAmountVs S&P sinceFiling
Jun 24, 2025Lisa C. McClainRepublican, HouseSale$1,001 - $15,000−28.4%Report
Jun 11, 2025Lisa C. McClainRepublican, HouseBuy$1,001 - $15,000+24.0%Report
Apr 3, 2023Tommy TubervilleRepublican, SenateSale$1,001 - $15,000−87.8%Report
Mar 30, 2022Tommy TubervilleRepublican, SenateBuy$1,001 - $15,000+70.4%Report

Members report amounts as ranges, not exact figures. Returns are price-only (no dividends).

SEC filer profile

How Gold Fields is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARGOLD FIELDS LTD2
  • CIK0001172724
  • Filer statusLarge accelerated filer not an emerging growth company; not a shell company35
  • Incorporated inRepublic of South Africa35
  • Fiscal year endsDecember 312
  • Industry code (SIC)1040 Gold and Silver Ores2
  • SEC reviewing officeOffice of Energy & Transportation, Division of Corporation Finance2
  • Business address150 Helen Road, Sandown, Sandton, T3 21962
  • Mailing addressPost Net Suite 252, Private Bag X30500, Houghton 2041 South Africa, T3 20412
  • Phone00271156297002
  • Shares outstanding895,024,247 shares as of Dec 31, 202535
  • AuditorPricewaterhouseCoopers Inc., Johannesburg, South Africa PCAOB ID 1308; it also attests to the company’s internal control over financial reporting35
  • On EDGAR sinceMay 6, 20022
  • Filings1,289 in all: 6-K (904), 425 (104), SC 13G/A (55), SC 14D9/A (41), CORRESP (29), 20-F (25), UPLOAD (25), SC 13D/A (24)2
    All 28 form types

    3 (19), SC TO-T/A (13), SC 13G (11), SC14D9C (9), SC 13D (4), 20-F/A (3), F-1/A (3), SD (3), 20FR12B (2), 4 (2), RW (2), SC 14D9 (2), SC TO-T (2), CERTNYS (1), F-1 (1), F-3 (1), F-6EF (1), NT 20-F (1), SCHEDULE 13D/A (1), SCHEDULE 13G/A (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (20-F) Mar 30, 2026

Securities registered for trading

ClassSymbolExchange
American Depositary Shares, each representing one ordinary shareGFINew York Stock Exchange
Ordinary shares of no par value eachNew York Stock Exchange

From the cover page of the 20-F filed Mar 30, 2026 (Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act).35

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