Company announcements

Fatality at Harmony’s Bambanani mine

October 12, 2009

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Johannesburg. Monday, 12 October 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully announces one of its employees at its Bambanani mine was fatally injured as a result of a localised fall of ground gravity incident.

Harmony’s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, “We express our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased. Harmony has placed significant emphasis on safety and Bambanani has had an excellent safety record prior to this unfortunate incident. We will continue with our effective behavior-based safety programmes at all our operations, to ensure that a culture and mindset of safety is maintained throughout the company.”

For more details contact:

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