HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd - Fatality at Harmony`s Tshepong mine     
Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd                                                 
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa                                    
Registration number: 1950/038232/06                                             
JSE Share code: HAR                                                             
NYSE Share code: HMY                                                            
NASDAQ Share code: HMY                                                          
ISIN: ZAE000015228                                                              
PRESS RELEASE                                                                   
Fatality at Harmony`s Tshepong mine                                             
Johannesburg. Tuesday, 12 July 2011. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited        
(Harmony) regrets to advise that a fall of ground accident occurred at its      
Tshepong mine in the Free State this morning, which resulted in the death of an 
employee.                                                                       
The mine has been closed until such time as all investigations into the accident
have been completed.                                                            
Harmony`s Chief Executive, Graham Briggs and his management team, express their 
sincere condolences to the family of the deceased and those affected by the     
incident.                                                                       
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited                                   
12 July 2011                                                                    
For more details contact:                                                       
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                                                    
Date: 12/07/2011 12:33:04 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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