Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Change In Directorate                
     Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                                        
     Registration number 1950/038232/06                                         
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa                               
     ISIN: ZAE000015228                                                         
     Trading Symbols                                                            
     JSE Limited                              HAR                               
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.            HMY                               
     NASDAQ                                   HMY                               
     London Stock Exchange plc                HRM                               
     Euronext Paris                           HG                                
Euronext Brussels                        HMY                               
     Berlin Stock Exchange                    HAM1                              
     Change in directorate                                                      
     Johannesburg, 31 March 2006.  Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (NYSE:   
HMY JSE: HAR) today announced that Ted Grobicki stepped down from its Board
     as executive director, effective 30 March 2006.  Ted will remain in        
     Harmony"s employment until the end of April 2006.                          
     "Ted Grobicki, who has been on the Board of Harmony for eleven and a half  
years, served as a mentor for the entire Harmony team.  For the past six   
     years he has served in an executive capacity in various roles.  His advice 
     and counsel will be missed", said Bernard Swanepoel.                       
     At the same time the company is pleased to announce that Ms Fikile Mothobi 
has joined the Board as non-executive director, effective 1 April 2006.    
     Fikile is a chartered certified accountant, a fellow of the Association of 
     Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) (UK) and member of the Association  
     of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) (UK).  Fikile was awarded the    
Stuart Crystal Prize in 1990 for best accounting student at the Birmingham 
     Polytechnic (UK).  Fikile is the Chief Operations Officer and Chief        
     Financial Officer of the Council for Medical Schemes, where she held       
     various positions since September 2000.  She held the position of Treasurer
at the Botswana Development Corporation Ltd before joining the Council for 
     Medical Schemes.                                                           
     "We are privileged and honored to attract a candidate of Fikile"s calibre  
     to serve on the Harmony Board.  Fikile will not only bring specific skills 
to the Board, but will also play a very important role in the ongoing      
     transformation of Harmony"s equity and gender profiles" said Bernard       
     Swanepoel.                                                                 
     Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                              
For more details contact:                                                  
     Bernard Swanepoel                                                          
     Chief Executive                                                            
     +27 (0)83 303 9922                                                         
or                                                                         
     Philip Kotze                                                               
     Executive, Investor Relations                                              
     +27 (0)83 453 0544                                                         
Vusi Magadana                                                              
     Investor Relations Officer                                                 
     +27 (0)11 684 0149                                                         
     +27 (0)72 157 5986                                                         
vusi.magadana@harmony.co.za                                                
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