Standard & Poor's Announces Changes In S&P/TSX

Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes: Gold Fields Limited (NYSE:GFI) has completed the acquisition of Western Areas Limited (JSE:WARJ). The relative weight of Gold Fields Limited will increase in the S&P/TSX Global Gold Index to reflect the issuance of shares as part of the transaction, which will be effective after the close of Tuesday, February 13, 2007.

Company additions to and deletions from an S&P equity index do not in any way reflect an opinion on the investment merits of the company.

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