Company announcements

Fatality at Harmony’s Central Plant

March 18, 2009

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Johannesburg. Wednesday, 18 March 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully announces that an accident in the mill section at its Central Plant in the Free State yesterday afternoon resulted in the death of a technical official.

Management together with the Department of Minerals and Energy commenced investigations today.

Work at the milling section of the plant has been stopped until further notice.

Harmony’s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs and his management team, express their sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.

Harmony continues to address safety through its behavior-safety initiatives that have been rolled out to all of its operations. The continuous communication on safety in the working place as well as off the job is receiving priority attention from all stakeholders involved.

For more details contact:

Tom Smith
Chief Operating Officer: South Region
+27 (0)84 499 6051

Graham Briggs
Chief Executive Officer
+27(0)83 265 0274

Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations
+27 (0)82 888 1242