Company announcements Home » Investors » News » Company announcements » Harmony committed to solidarity in addressing the spread of COVID-19 2020 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 Harmony committed to solidarity in addressing the spread of COVID-19March 24, 2020Johannesburg, Tuesday, 24 March 2020. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (“Harmony” and/or “the Company”) notes and commits its full support for the COVID-19 directives announced by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (“the COVID-19 directives”) on 23 March 2020. The core directive is a 21-day lockdown for South Africans from midnight on Thursday, 26 March 2020, until Thursday, 16 April 2020. All of South Africa’s mining operations are required to be placed on care and maintenance. President Ramaphosa announced a broad range of measures to be taken to mitigate the impact of the lockdown on South Africa’s economy. The health and well-being of all our employees remain a top priority. To protect our assets and ensure people’s livelihoods to the extent possible and reasonable, we will ensure the orderly implementation and management of placing our mines on care and maintenance for the duration of the lockdown. Our board, executive and management are at work on detailed arrangements to manage the effects of the lockdown on our business and will be in a position to disclose more detailed information to our stakeholders over the next two days. Shareholders are cautioned that the COVID-19 directive will impact negatively on Harmony’s annual production guidance of 1.4 Moz and thus on the company’s FY2020 earnings. “This is an unprecedented time in the history of the mining industry and our country. The health and safety of all South Africans must take precedence and as such, we are committed to making decisions that will ensure the continued viability of our company,” said Peter Steenkamp, Harmony’s chief executive officer. For more details contact: Marian van der Walt Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations +27 (0) 82 888 1242 Max Manoeli Manager: Investor Relations +27 (0) 82 759 1775 JSE Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Propriety Limited 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 close to 70 years’ experience in the industry. Company assets include one open pit mine and several exploration tenements in PNG, as well as 9 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.
