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HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Harmony`s Target mine accident

Release Date: 27/10/2009 13:05
Code(s): HAR
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HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Harmony`s Target mine accident update: Rescue workers bring two employees to safety Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number 1950/038232/06 ISIN ZAE000015228 Issuer code: HAPS TRADING SYMBOLS: Ordinary Shares: JSE Limited: HAR, New York Stock Exchange, Inc., HMY, London Stock Exchange plc: HRM Euronext Paris: HG, Euronext Brussels: HMY, Berlin Stock Exchange: HAM1, NASDAQ: HMY Harmony`s Target mine accident update: Rescue workers bring two employees to safety Johannesburg. Tuesday, 27 October 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) announced this morning that rescue workers have brought to safety the two employees trapped underground following yesterday`s rockfall at the company`s Target Mine in the Free State. All employees involved were accounted for at 20:00 last night. The two rescued employees both sustained injuries and have been admitted to hospital. Their condition is stable. Two employees died in yesterday`s rockfall, the circumstances of which are being investigated both internally and in conjunction with the Safety Inspectorate of the Department of Mineral Resources. Production at the mine was stopped by management shortly after the rockfall. Measures are being taken, however, to ensure that the area in the main decline where the rockfall took place is secured and that working places are supported and made safe. Management extends its deepest condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of the men who died. For more details contact: Marian van der Walt Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations on +27 (0)82 888 1242 or Esha Brijmohan Investor Relations Officer on +27 (0)82 759 1775 Corporate Office: Randfontein Office Park P O Box 2 Randfontein South Africa 1760 T +27 (11) 411 2000 www.harmony.co.za Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited Date: 27/10/2009 13:05:04 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.