HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd - Fatality at Harmony`s Masimong Mine     
Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd                                                 
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa                                    
Registration Number: 1950/038232/06                                             
JSE Code:  HAR                                                                  
NYSE Code: HMY                                                                  
NASDAQ Code: HMY                                                                
ISIN: ZAE000015228                                                              
("Harmony")                                                                     
PRESS RELEASE                                                                   
FATALITY AT HARMONY`S MASIMONG MINE                                             
Johannesburg, Friday 30 January 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited       
(Harmony) regretfully announces that a locomotive accident at its Masimong mine 
in the Free State this afternoon resulted in the death of a mineworker.         
Management together with the Department of Minerals and Energy will commence    
investigations on Monday, 2 February 2009.                                      
Harmony`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs and his management team,       
express their sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.                
For more details contact:                                                       
Tom Smith                                                                       
Chief Operating Officer                                                         
South Region                                                                    
On +27 (0)84 499 6051                                                           
Or                                                                              
Graham Briggs                                                                   
Chief Executive Officer                                                         
On +27 (0)83 265 0274                                                           
Or                                                                              
Marian van der Walt                                                             
Executive: Corporate and 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             
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