On September 28, Gold Fields fell 13.67% in regular trading, trading at $34.96/share, with turnover of approximately $47.46 million. The steep decline was driven by a dual blow: the rejection of its takeover bid for Northern Star Resources and a sharp selloff in spot gold prices.

Gold Fields had proposed to acquire 100% of Australia's largest gold producer, Northern Star Resources, at 0.3125 Gold Fields shares plus A$7.25 in cash per share, implying a total consideration of approximately A$38.7 billion (around $27.2 billion). However, Northern Star's board unanimously rejected the offer. Northern Star's chairman stated that Gold Fields was attempting to acquire one of the world's premier gold asset portfolios at a price far below intrinsic value during a highly speculative window, adding that the newly issued Gold Fields shares carried significantly higher jurisdictional risk.

Compounding the pressure, spot gold suffered a flash crash during Asian trading hours, plunging nearly $70 to around $4,191/oz, down over 2%, while spot silver tumbled more than 4%. Elevated oil prices above $100/barrel for Brent crude intensified inflation fears and reinforced expectations of further Fed rate hikes, lifting the dollar and Treasury yields and broadly pressuring precious metals. Within the Gold sector, Barrick Mining fell 5.01%, Newmont Mining fell 5.46%, Coeur Mining fell 6.17%, Agnico Eagle Mines fell 6.64%, and AngloGold Ashanti fell 7.03%.

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