HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED - CONOPS AT HARMONY FREE GOLD OPERATIONS    
UNDER THREAT                                                                    
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                                             
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1950/038232/06)                                            
Share code: HAR     ISIN: ZAE000015228                                          
("Harmony")                                                                     
CONOPS AT HARMONY FREE GOLD OPERATIONS UNDER THREAT                             
Johannesburg, Friday 7 January 2005 - Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE:
HMY JSE: HAR) today announced that at a meeting held between Harmony management 
of the Free Gold Operations and representatives from the National Union of      
Mineworkers (NUM) on 3 January 2005, the company was informed by NUM that the   
Union was not prepared to support an application for Sunday labour.             
By not having the necessary union support, the company"s application to the     
Department of Minerals and Energy to work on Sunday"s is unlikely to be         
approved. CONOPS (continuous operations) working arrangements at these shafts   
can therefore not take place. Discussions between the parties continue.         
CONOPS was introduced as one of the alternatives to redress the continued losses
being incurred at the company"s marginal operations in the Free State which have
been adversely affected by the current low R/kg gold price scenario.            
Johannesburg                                                                    
7 January 2005                                                                  
Sponsor                                                                         
Investec Bank Limited                                                           
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                                   
For more details contact:                                                       
Ferdi Dippenaar                                                                 
Marketing Director                                                              
on +27(0)82 807 3684                                                            
or                                                                              
Dawie Mostert          Group Employee Relations Executive                       
on +27(0)83 452 4086                                                            
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