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HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Fatality at Harmony`s Unisel shaft

Release Date: 22/07/2009 16:44
Code(s): HAR
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HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Fatality at Harmony`s Unisel 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 Unisel shaft Johannesburg. Wednesday, 22 July 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully announces that a fall of ground accident at its Unisel shaft, which is part of the Virginia Operations in the Free State, yesterday resulted in the death of a miner. Management together with the Department of Mineral Resources commenced investigations today. Harmony`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, "This is truly a tragic incident and we express our sincerest condolences to the bereaved family. Safety continues to receive priority attention from all stakeholders involved and we have already seen improvements in our safety record as a result of the effective behaviour-based safety initiatives that we have rolled out at all our operations. Despite these efforts, it remains unfortunate that this fatality still occurred." ends. Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited 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)82 922 4584 Corporate Office: Randfontein Office Park PO Box 2 Randfontein South Africa 1760 T +27 (11) 411 2000 www.harmony.co.za Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities Limited Date: 22/07/2009 16:44:54 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.