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Gold Fields Looking To Buy Mines To Replace

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Posted On: 07/31/2012 4:28:38 PM
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Gold Fields Looking To Buy Mines To Replace Domestic Supplies



By Soraya Permatasari -  Jul 31, 2012 2:19 AM MT





    Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) , the South African producer that announced spending of $1.15 billion on assets last year, is looking for more deals to replace dwindling supply from its domestic operations as demand for bullion grows.


Mines in the Andean corridor in South America, British Columbia in Canada, the Tien Shan belt that runs through Kyrgyzstan and China, and the Philippines are of particular interest,  Nick Holland , chief executive officer of the Johannesburg-based company, said today in an interview, declining to say when a  deal might be concluded. It’s also exploring for mines in Australia, he said.


“In  South Africa a lot of the  gold mines are getting older and mature and they’re getting deeper and further away,” Holland said in  Melbourne . “You need to go where the large belts are and explore.”


South African gold producers including  AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (ANG) and Harmony Gold Mining Co. are struggling to boost output to benefit from rising gold prices and counter higher costs. Gold is up 3.7 percent this year, adding to 11 consecutive annual gains as investors sought a hedge against everything from accelerating inflation to Europe’s  debt crisis to slumping equities.


“Demand is reasonably solid and should remain so, provided the two principal drivers, China and India, continue to grow into the future, which looks likely,” Holland said separately at a speech in Melbourne.


There have been 225 mergers and acquisitions worth a combined $5.47 billion in the gold  mining industry this year, compared with $39.2 billion for the whole of 2011, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.


Gold Fields in May trimmed its full-year production outlook to 3.5 million ounces from a range of 3.5 million ounces to 3.7 million ounces because of technical difficulties. First-half output was 1.69 million ounces, it said July 4. The full-year  guidance is unchanged, Holland said today.


Gold Fields shares were little changed at 108.02 rand at the close in Johannesburg yesterday. The  stock has dropped 13 percent this year.


To contact the reporter on this story: Soraya Permatasari in Melbourne at soraya@bloomberg.net


To contact the editors responsible for this story: Rebecca Keenan at  rkeenan5@bloomberg.net ; Andrew Hobbs at  ahobbs4@bloomberg.net





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