Security company official dies in armed attack at Kalgold
Johannesburg, Friday, 20 December 2019. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (“Harmony” and/or “the Company”) has announced, with regret, that a reaction unit (RU) supervisor employed by a contracted security company was fatally wounded in an armed attack on the plant at Harmony’s Kalgold mining operation, North West province, in the early hours of this morning.
Harmony’s board of directors and executive extend their deepest condolences to the bereaved.
Due to the additional security measures, no gold was stolen.
As the incident is now the subject of an investigation by the South African Police Service, no further information will be disclosed by the company at this time.
For more details contact:
Sihle Maake
Group Communications Manager
+27 (0)83 722 5467
Mashego Mashego
Executive Director: Corporate affairs
+27 (0) 82 767 1072
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony), a world-class gold mining and exploration company, has operations and assets in South Africa and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Harmony has more than 60 years’ experience in the industry. Company assets include one open pit mine and several exploration tenements in PNG, as well as 10 underground mines and 1 open pit operation and several surface sources in South Africa. In addition, Harmony owns 50% of the significant Wafi-Golpu copper-gold project – a tier 1 asset – in a joint venture in PNG.
The company’s primary stock exchange listing is on the JSE with a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The bulk of our shareholders are in South Africa and the United States. Additional information on the company is available on the corporate website, www.harmony.co.za.