HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd - Fatality at Bambanani Mine              
Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd                                                 
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa                                    
Registration number: 1950/038232/06                                             
Share code: HAR                                                                 
ISIN: ZAE000015228                                                              
PRESS RELEASE                                                                   
FATALITY AT BAMBANANI MINE                                                      
Johannesburg. Thursday, 20 January 2011. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited    
regrets to advise that an employee has died in a fall of ground accident, at    
its Bambanani mine near Welkom.                                                 
The accident occurred at approximately midnight last night, some 2900 meters    
below surface.                                                                  
Operations have been stopped until such time as all investigations into the     
accident has been completed.                                                    
Harmony`s Chief Executive, Graham Briggs and his management team, express       
their sincere condolences to the families of the deceased and those affected    
by the incident.                                                                
For more details contact:                                                       
Henrika Basterfield                                                             
Investor Relations Officer                                                      
+27 11 411 2314 (work)                                                          
+27 82 759 1775(mobile)                                                         
or                                                                              
Marian van der Walt                                                             
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations                                     
+27 82 888 1242 (mobile)                                                        
Corporate Office:                                                               
Randfontein Office Park                                                         
P O Box 2                                                                       
Randfontein                                                                     
South Africa 1760                                                               
T +27 (11) 411 2000                                                             
www.harmony.co.za                                                               
Sponsor:                                                                        
J.P. Morgan Equities Limited                                                    
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