Company announcements

Fall of ground accident at Harmony’s Target mine

October 26, 2009

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Johannesburg. Monday, 26 October 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully announces that a fall of ground accident occurred at its Target Mine in the Free State earlier today. Sadly two of our colleagues passed away as a result of the accident. At this stage we do not know how many other employees have been affected by the accident.

Rescue operations are underway with four proto-teams at the scene, who are working hard to bring the trapped employees to the surface safely. The company’s primary concern is for the safety of its employees. No further information is available at this stage.

For more details contact:

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

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