HAR - Harmony - Fatality at Harmony`s Tshepong mine                             
Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd                                                 
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa                                    
Registration number: 1950/038232/06                                             
JSE: HAR                                                                        
NYSE: HMY                                                                       
NASDAQ: HMY                                                                     
ISIN: ZAE000015228                                                              
("Harmony")                                                                     
Fatality at Harmony`s Tshepong mine                                             
Johannesburg. Wednesday, 17 December 2008. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited  
(Harmony) regretfully announces that a chairlift accident at its Tshepong mine  
in the Free State early yesterday morning resulted in the death of a miner.     
A local inspection was completed yesterday and the DME inquiry will be scheduled
in due course.                                                                  
Harmony`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs and his management team,       
express their sincere condolences to the families of the deceased.              
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                                   
17 December 2008                                                                
For more details contact:                                                       
Tom Smith                                                                       
Chief Operating Officer                                                         
South Region                                                                    
on +27 (0)84 499 6051                                                           
or                                                                              
Marian van der Walt                                                             
Executive: Corporate & Investor Relations                                       
on +27 (0)82 888 1242                                                           
Corporate Office:                                                               
Randfontein Office Park                                                         
P O Box 2                                                                       
Randfontein                                                                     
South Africa 1760                                                               
T +27 (11) 411 2000                                                             
For the comprehensive set of results please visit www.harmony.co.za             
17 December 2008                                                                
Sponsor                                                                         
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Proprietary) Limited                                
Date: 17/12/2008 11:46:20 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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