Company announcements

Fatality at Harmony’s Doornkop plant

August 25, 2009

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Johannesburg. Tuesday, 25 August 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully announces that a conveyor belt accident at its Doornkop Plant yesterday resulted in the death of an employee.

Management together with the Department of Mineral Resources commenced investigations yesterday.

Harmony’s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, “We express our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased. Doornkop Plant has had an excellent safety record and has been fatality-free since April 2006, prior to this unfortunate incident. We have rolled-out effective behavior-based safety programmes at all operations, but we will continue doing more to improve safety throughout the company.”

For more details contact:

Esha Brijmohan
Investor Relations Officer
+27 (0)82 759 1775