All employees safely returned to surface at Kusasalethu 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”) ALL EMPLOYEES SAFELY RETURNED TO SURFACE AT KUSASALETHU Johannesburg, 13 January 2017: Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (“Harmony”) is pleased to advise that all employees have safely returned to surface at the Kusasalethu mine near Carletonville. Employees returned to surface shortly before 12:00pm last night following all-night discussions between management and union leadership. A thorough independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the illegal sit-in, which lasted nearly 48 hours, will be conducted. Production at the mine will proceed over the weekend. Harmony CEO, Peter Steenkamp said: “We are pleased that a resolution has been reached and that all our employees have returned to surface safely.” Ends. For more details contact: Marian van der Walt Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations +27 (0) 82 888 1242 (mobile) Charmane Russell Email: charmane@rair.co.za +27(0) 82 372 5816 (mobile) 13 January 2017 Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited. Date: 13/01/2017 07:05:00 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.