The record breaking earnings and production results are indicative of the company's ability to deliver value through successful acquisitions.

The superb quarterly results are indicative of the company's ability to deliver on its strategy of providing shareholders with superior returns through increasing gold production, strong earnings and cash flows, and the lowest cash costs in the industry,

The ability for Gold Fields to discover value in these markets we've got today ... is becoming increasingly difficult. Several opportunities have been identified across the globe.

We had low commodity prices for almost 20 years. I think we're going to have high commodity prices for almost 20 years.

While the prices (of acquisitions) are going up, the competition is actually lessening.

We're looking to fill that gap as our production starts to go down six or seven years from now. And these mines, as everyone is learning, take longer and longer to drill out and to permit and build, so we're actively looking now.