HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Fatality At Harmony`s Evander 2 Shaft 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 PRESS RELEASE FATALITY AT HARMONY`S EVANDER 2 SHAFT Johannesburg. Monday, 27 July 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully announces that a mineworker died and another injured last Friday as a result of injuries sustained from a fall of ground accident at Harmony`s Evander 2 shaft in Mpumalanga. Management together with the Department of Mineral Resources commenced investigations on Friday. Harmony`s management team expresses its sincerest condolences to the family of the deceased and sympathises with those affected by the incident. Evander in particular has had an excellent safety record with Evander 8 shaft recently achieving 2 million fatality free shifts and Evander 2 and 5 shafts were awarded the Safety Achievement Flag in the category of deep level platinum and gold mining by the Mine Health and Safety Council in April 2009. Harmony`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, "Management continues to look at all areas to ensure safety improvements are sustainable by improving the safety systems. Harmony management is committed to change the culture and behaviour of all our employees and to achieve the aspirations set by each of the operations. It remains tragic that this fatality occurred." Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited For more details contact: Esha Brijmohan Investor Relations Officer On +27 (0)82 759 1775 Or Marian van der Walt Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations On +27 (0)82 888 1242 Corporate Office: Randfontein Office Park PO Box 2 Randfontein South Africa 1760 T +27 (0)11 411 2000 www.harmony.co.za Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited Date: 27/07/2009 10:16:01 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.