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Major Group Investments - direct and indirect (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Schedule of Major Group Investments - Direct and Indirect |
|  |  |  |  | Shares held |  |  | Group beneficial interest |
|  | Notes |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Subsidiaries |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unlisted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Abosso Goldfields Ltd6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
– Class“A” shares |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 49,734,000 |  |  |  | 49,734,000 |  |  |  | 90.0 |  |  |  | 90.0 |
– Class“B” shares |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 4,266,000 |  |  |  | 4,266,000 |  |  |  | 90.0 |  |  |  | 90.0 |
Agnew Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 54,924,757 |  |  |  | 54,924,757 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Beatrix Mines Ltd |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 96,549,020 |  |  |  | 96,549,020 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Beatrix Mining Ventures Ltd |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 9,625,001 |  |  |  | 9,625,001 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Darlot Mining Company Pty Ltd |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Driefontein Consolidated (Pty) Ltd |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 1,000 |  |  |  | 1,000 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
GFI Joint Venture Holdings (Pty) Ltd |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 311,668,564 |  |  |  | 311,668,564 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
GFL Mining Services Ltd |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 235,676,387 |  |  |  | 235,676,387 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Gold Fields Ghana Ltd7 |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 900 |  |  |  | 900 |  |  |  | 90.0 |  |  |  | 90.0 |
Gold Fields Group Services (Pty) Ltd |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Gold Fields Holdings Company (BVI) Ltd |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 4,084 |  |  |  | 4,084 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Gold Fields La Cima S.A.8 |  |  | 4 |  |  |  | 1,426,050,205 |  |  |  | 1,426,050,205 |  |  |  | 99.5 |  |  |  | 99.5 |
Gold Fields Operations Ltd |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 156,279,947 |  |  |  | 156,279,947 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Gold Fields Orogen Holding (BVI) Ltd |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 356 |  |  |  | 356 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Gruyere Mining Company Pty Ltd |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
GSM Mining Company Pty Ltd |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Kloof Gold Mining Company Ltd |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 138,600,000 |  |  |  | 138,600,000 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Newshelf 899 (Pty) Ltd9 |  |  | 3 |  |  |  | 90,000,000 |  |  |  | 90,000,000 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
St Ives Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd |  |  | 2 |  |  |  | 281,051,329 |  |  |  | 281,051,329 |  |  |  | 100.0 |  |  |  | 100.0 |
Total |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
1 | Incorporated in Ghana.
2 | Incorporated in Australia.
3 | Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa.
4 | Incorporated in Peru.
5 | Incorporated in the British Virgin Islands.
6 | Abosso Goldfields Ltd (“Abosso”) owns the Damang operation in Ghana. The accumulated non-controlling interest of Abosso at 31 December 2018 amounts to US$5.2 million (2017: US$5.8 million). No dividends were paid to non-controlling interest during 2018 or 2017. Refer to the segment reporting, note 42, for summarised financial information of Damang.
7 | Gold Fields Ghana Ltd (“GFG”) owns the Tarkwa operation in Ghana. The accumulated non-controlling interest of GFG at 31 December 2018 amounts to US$115.3 million (2017: US$119.2 million). A dividend of US$9.2 million was advanced to non-controlling interest during 2018 (2017: US$5.8 million). Refer to the segment reporting, note 42, for summarised financial information of Tarkwa.
8 | Gold Fields La Cima S.A. (“La Cima”) owns the Cerro Corona operation in Peru. The accumulated non-controlling interest of La Cima at 31 December 2018 amounts to US$1.9 million (2017: US$2.4 million). A dividend of US$0.6 million was paid to non-controlling interest during 2018 (2017: US$0.6 million). Refer to the segment reporting, note 42, for financial information of Cerro Corona.
9 | Newshelf is the holding company of GFIJVH and GFO which own the South Deep mine. In terms of the South Deep BEE agreement, there is an agreed phase-in participation of BEE partners over 20 years. The BEE partners’ stake will ultimately be 10%, resulting in a 90% holding by Newshelf.
Summary of Share Held in Investments in Associates Joint Ventures other Equity Investments and Percentage of Beneficial Interest |
|  | Shares held |  |  | Group beneficial interest |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2018 % |  |  | 2017 % |
Other1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Listed associates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maverix Metals Incorporated (“Maverix”) |  |  | 42,850,000 |  |  |  | 42,850,000 |  |  |  | 19.9 | 2 |  |  | 27.9 |
Rusoro Mining Limited |  |  | 140,000,001 |  |  |  | 140,000,001 |  |  |  | 25.7 |  |  |  | 25.7 |
Joint venture |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Far Southeast Gold Resources Incorporated |  |  | 1,737,699 |  |  |  | 1,737,699 |  |  |  | 40.0 |  |  |  | 40.0 |
Asanko Gold Ghana Limited |  |  | 450,000,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 45.0 |  |  |  | — |
Adansi Gold Company Limited |  |  | 100,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 50.0 |  |  |  | — |
Shika Group Finance Limited |  |  | 10,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 50.0 |  |  |  | — |
Listed equity investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Asanko Gold Inc. |  |  | 22,354,657 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 9.9 |  |  |  | — |
Bezant Resources PLC |  |  | 17,945,922 |  |  |  | 17,945,922 |  |  |  | 1.8 |  |  |  | 2.9 |
Cardinal Resources Limited |  |  | 42,818,182 |  |  |  | 42,818,182 |  |  |  | 11.3 |  |  |  | 11.5 |
Cardinal Resources Limited (Options) |  |  | 38,220,051 |  |  |  | 38,220,051 |  |  |  | 25.8 | 3 |  |  | 33.0 | 2
Cascadero Copper Corporation |  |  | — |  |  |  | 2,025,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1.1 |
Clancy Exploration Limited |  |  | 17,764,783 |  |  |  | 17,764,783 |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 0.6 |
Consolidated Woodjam Copper Corporation |  |  | 16,115,740 |  |  |  | 12,848,016 |  |  |  | 19.9 | 34 |  |  | 17.2 |
Fjordland Exploration Incorporated |  |  | — |  |  |  | 363,636 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 0.8 |
Gold Road Resources Limited |  |  | 87,117,909 |  |  |  | 87,117,909 |  |  |  | 9.9 |  |  |  | 9.9 |
Hummingbird Resources PLC |  |  | 21,258,503 |  |  |  | 21,258,503 |  |  |  | 6.0 |  |  |  | 6.2 |
Lefroy Exploration Limited |  |  | 14,764,535 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 18.2 |  |  |  | — |
Magmatic Resources Limited |  |  | 17,600,000 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 15.0 |  |  |  | — |
Orsu Metals Corp |  |  | 2,613,491 |  |  |  | 2,613,491 |  |  |  | 7.2 |  |  |  | 7.3 |
Radius Gold Incorporated |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,625,124 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 4.2 |
Red 5 Limited |  |  | 246,875,821 |  |  |  | 246,875,821 |  |  |  | 19.9 | 5 |  |  | 19.9 |
1 | Only major investments are listed individually.
2 | Gold Fields owns an additional 10.0 million common share purchase warrants (refer note 17) that are currently exercisable. After inclusion of the warrants, Gold Fields owns 20.5% in Maverix on a diluted basis.
3 | If the Group was to exercise all the Cardinal Resources options, the Group’s effective interest would be below 20% and therefore does not have significant influence over Cardinal Resources Limited.
4 | An assessment has been performed and the Group does not have significant influence over Consolidated Woodjam Copper Corporation.
5 | An assessment has been performed and the Group does not have significant influence over Red 5 Limited.

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