HARMONY GOLD MINING CO. LTD. - SEISMIC EVENT AT HARMONY`S EVANDER 8 MINE        
Share code  :  HAPS                                                             
ISIN        :  ZAE000015228                                                     
NEWS RELEASE                                                                    
SEISMIC EVENT AT HARMONY`S EVANDER 8 MINE                                       
Johannesburg, 12 July 2002 - Harmony today announced that at approximately 05:15
am this morning, a seismic event of significant proportion occurred in the      
vicinity of the shaft infrastructure of the company`s No. 8 Shaft of its Evander
Operations.                                                                     
Currently, 3 men are unaccounted for. A total of 4 employees were injured of    
which one sustained serious injuries.                                           
Production activities at the shaft have been halted and rescue operations are   
underway.                                                                       
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