Fatality at Moab Khotsong
Johannesburg, Wednesday, 3 June 2020. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (“Harmony” and/or “the Company”) regrets to advise that the body of an employee has been found underground at the Company’s Moab Khotsong mine near Orkney in South Africa’s North West province.
The employee was reported missing at the end of the day shift yesterday and an intensive search was begun.
Harmony CEO Peter Steenkamp has extended his personal condolences, and those of the Company, to family, colleagues and friends.
He has committed Harmony’s full support and co-operation to the official investigation.
“We are reinforcing across our operations the key elements of our safety journey – leadership, risk management and attainment of a proactive safety culture,” Mr Steenkamp said.
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
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 more than 60 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.