Provision For Post-Retirement Health Care Costs (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accured Post-Retirement Health Care Costs


	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011
Gold Fields Group (excluding South Deep) accrued post-retirement health care costs (a)		2.1		2.1
South Deep accrued post-retirement health care costs (b)		—		—

Gold Fields Group accrued post-retirement health care costs		2.1		2.1

Gold Fields Group (excluding South Deep)

Funded Status and Amounts Recognized for Post-Retirement Health Care Costs

The following table sets forth the funded status and amounts recognized by the Group (excluding South Deep) for post-retirement health care costs:


	December 31, 2012			December 31, 2011
Actuarial present value		2.1			2.1
Plan assets at fair value		—			—

Accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets		2.1			2.1
Prior service costs		—			—
Unrecognized net (gain)/loss		—			—

Post-retirement health care liability		2.1			2.1

The following is a reconciliation of the benefit obligation:
Balance at beginning of year		2.1			2.6
Service costs		0.2			0.1
Contributions paid		(0.1	)		(0.2	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(0.1	)		(0.4	)

Balance at end of year		2.1			2.1

South Deep Gold Mine

Net Periodic Benefit Cost


	December 31, 2012		December 31, 2011		December 31, 2010			June 30, 2010
The net periodic benefit cost is explained as follows:
Service costs		0.2		0.1		(0.1	)		0.9

Net periodic benefit cost		0.2		0.1		(0.1	)		0.9

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Tabular disclosure of health care organization trust fund, including whether the fund is legally revocable or irrevocable, the amount of assets expected to be liquidated to pay malpractice claims classified as current assets, noncurrent assets of the fund, revenues, administrative expenses and any other pertinent facts about the trust fund.

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