**Exhibit 12.1**

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**CERTIFICATIONS**

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I, Ian D.Cockerill, the Chief Executive Officer of Gold Fields Limited, certify that:

 

**1****                                     **I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-Fof Gold Fields Limited;

 

**2****                                     **Based on my knowledge, this report doesnot contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

 

**3****                                     **Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresent in all material respects the financial condition, results of operationsand cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

**4****                                     **The company’s other certifyingofficer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the company and have:

 

(a)                                Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

 

(b)                               [Reserved]

 

(c)                                Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)                               Disclosed in this report any change in the company’sinternal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period coveredby the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

**5****                                     **The company’s other certifyingofficer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and theaudit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

 

(a)                                All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s abilityto record, process, summarise and report financial information; and

 

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(b)                               Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the company’sinternal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: December 22,2005

 

 
| /s/ Ian  D. Cockerill    |   |
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| Ian D.  Cockerill        |
| Chief Executive  Officer |

 

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