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HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd - Harmony appoints senior executive to oversee safety Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Registration number: 1950/038232/06 JSE Share code: HAR NYSE Share code: HMY NASDAQ Share code: HMY ISIN: ZAE000015228 PRESS RELEASE HARMONY APPOINTS SENIOR EXECUTIVE TO OVERSEE SAFETY Johannesburg. Monday, 1 August 2011. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited ("Harmony" or "the Company") today announced that Alwyn Pretorius has been appointed Executive: Safety and Health, a newly created executive position, the focus of which is to accelerate the execution of Harmony`s safety and health strategy and to further improve its safety performance. Alwyn has been an executive of Harmony for more than four years and is currently the Chief Operating Officer: North Region (South Africa). He has more than 18 years` experience in the mining industry and holds both a BSc Mining Engineering and a BSc Industrial Engineering. Jaco Boshoff, currently Executive: New Business and Projects, has been appointed Acting Chief Operating Officer: North Region, until a new appointment has been made in this position. Jaco is a geologist with more than 15 years` experience in the mining industry. Graham Briggs, chief executive officer, commented: "Safety is a priority at Harmony and achieving a safe, productive Harmony is something on which we will not compromise. We have a number of safety initiatives in place that have resulted in excellent safety achievements in recent years. But, we need to do more. We have decided to intensify our safety efforts by appointing Alwyn, who has both an extensive understanding of the underground environment, but also the leadership skills to achieve the step-change in safety performance that we are seeking. We adopted this approach several years ago at Kusasalethu. Our approach here was clear - safety first, then production will follow. We are committed to implementing this across the group. Both Alwyn and Jaco are knowledgeable and well-experienced and we look forward to their contributions in their new and related roles." For more details contact: Henrika Basterfield Investor Relations Officer +27 82 759 1775 (mobile) Marian van der Walt Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations +27 82 888 1242 (mobile) Corporate Office: Randfontein Office Park P O Box Randfontein South Africa 1760 T +27 (0)11 411 2000 www.harmony.co.za Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited Date: 01/08/2011 14:44:00 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.
