Business Context and Reporting Period
Company: Gold Fields Limited
Filing Type: Form 6-K (Report of Foreign Private Issuer)
Date: May 10, 2013
Subject: Clarification of a typographical error in the Q1 2013 results outlook regarding attributable gold production guidance.
Key Financial Metrics
This filing is a clarification notice and does not contain new financial statements, revenue, profit, cash flow, margin, debt, or liquidity data. The document solely addresses a unit of measurement error in previously released production guidance.
Material Changes Versus Prior Period
The filing corrects a specific disclosure error in the outlook section of the Q1 2013 results released on May 10, 2013. The word "million" was inadvertently omitted from the production guidance figures.
- Original Statement: Attributable gold production expected between 1,825 and 1,900 equivalent ounces.
- Corrected Statement: Attributable gold production expected between 1,825 million and 1,900 million equivalent ounces.
The guidance excludes discontinued operations, KDC, and Beatrix.
Guidance, Outlook, and Management Commentary
Management confirmed that the updated SENS announcement and results booklet reflecting the corrected production guidance have been uploaded to the Company's website. The correction ensures the full scale of the production outlook (in millions of ounces) is accurately represented.
Investor Verification Checklist
- Verify the corrected production guidance range of 1,825 to 1,900 million equivalent ounces on the Gold Fields website.
- Confirm that the guidance excludes discontinued operations, KDC, and Beatrix.
- Review the original Q1 2013 results release to ensure no other figures were impacted by this typographical error.