HAR - Harmony - Fatality at Harmony`s Bambanani Mine,Free State                 
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 Bambanani mine,Free State                                 
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully announces that a fatal
accident occurred at its Bambanani mine in the Free State early on the morning  
of 03 December 2008.                                                            
Work was stopped in the area and management together with the Department of     
Minerals and Energy commenced investigations on 04 December 2008.               
Harmony`s Chief Executive, Graham Briggs and his management team, express their 
sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.                              
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                                   
For more details contact:                                                       
Tom Smith                                                                       
Chief Operating Officer                                                         
South Region                                                                    
on +27 (0)84 499 6051                                                           
or                                                                              
Esha Brijmohan                                                                  
Investor Relations Officer                                                      
on +27 (0)82 922 4584                                                           
Johannesburg                                                                    
08 December 2008                                                                
Sponsor: Merrill Lynch South Africa (Proprietary) Limited                       
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