Appointment of director Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited Registration number 1950/038232/06 Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa ISIN: ZAE000015228 JSE share code: HAR (“Harmony” or “the Company”) APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR The Board of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (“Harmony”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Karabo Nondumo as Director of the Company, effective 3 May 2013. Karabo is a qualified Chartered Accountant. She joined Shanduka Group in 2004 where she held various positions, including Investment Principal of Shanduka Resources and serving on various boards on behalf of Shanduka. She was the inaugural Chief Executive Officer of AWCA Investment Holdings Limited. She is a former Head of Division: Mergers and Acquisitions at Vodacom Group Ltd and is currently the Head of Division: Enterprise Business Unit at Vodacom South Africa. Karabo will serve on the Board’s Audit and Risk, as well as Remuneration committees. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited’s Chairman, Patrice Motsepe said, “We are pleased to welcome Karabo to the Board of Harmony. She will make significant contributions to the development and growth of Harmony”. For more details contact: Henrika Basterfield Investor Relations Manager +27 (0) 82 759 1775 (mobile) Marian van der Walt Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations +27 (0) 82 888 1242 (mobile) 6 May 2013 Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited. Date: 06/05/2013 05:17:00 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.