Fatality at Harmony's Kusasalethu mine 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”) Fatality at Harmony's Kusasalethu mine Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited ("Harmony" or "the Company") regrets to advise that a materials handling accident occurred at its Kusasalethu mine near Carletonville this morning. One employee was fatally injured; the other employee sustained serious injuries and has been admitted to hospital. Investigations into the accident are underway. Harmony's Chief Executive, Graham Briggs, and his management team wish to express their deepest condolences to the members of the deceased's family. About Harmony Harmony was incorporated 62 years ago and is one of the largest gold mining companies in the world and the third largest gold producer in South Africa with a reported production of 1.17* million ounces of gold for the financial year 2012 and Mineral Reserves of 52.9 million ounces. Harmony is a multi-listed company and its primary listing is on the JSE Limited (ticker: HAR). The company's shares are also quoted in the form of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: HMY) and as International Depositary Receipts (IDRs) on the Berlin (ticker: HAM1) and Brussels exchanges (HMY). Harmony operates mines in South African and Papua New Guinea. In South Africa, the company has ten underground mines and one open-pit mine and several surface operations in South Africa. In PNG, Harmony has a 50% interest in the Morobe Mining Joint Ventures, which includes Hidden Valley, an open-pit gold and silver mine, the exciting Wafi -Golpu project, and extensive exploration tenements. Outside the joint venture, Harmony's own exploration portfolio focuses principally on highly prospective areas in PNG. The Company's head office is situated in Randfontein, South Africa. *Continued operations ends. For more details contact: Henrika Basterfield Investor Relations Manager +27 (0) 82 759 1775 (mobile) 6 August 2013 Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited. Date: 06/08/2013 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.