Company announcements Home » Investors » News » Company announcements » Fire underground at Doornkop mine 2014 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Fire underground at Doornkop mineFebruary 05, 2014Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) advises that an underground fire has broken out at the Doornkop gold mine, west of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. Contact has been made with eight employees in a refuge bay; efforts continue to reach these employees and to establish the whereabouts of a further nine employees who are currently unaccounted for. The fire was reported to have occurred in a stope adjacent to 192 level haulage (some 1 733 m underground) at around 18:00 on Tuesday, 4 February 2014. Rescue teams were immediately dispatched underground, but access to the affected area is being hampered by smoke and a subsequent fall of ground. Operations at the mine have been suspended. Further updates will be provided as these become available. For more details contact: Russell and Associates Charmane Russell and/or James DuncanTel: +27 (0)11 880 3924Mobile: +27 (0) 82 318 9855
