HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited - Fatal accident at Harmony`s         
Evander mine                                                                    
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")                                                    
PRESS RELEASE                                                                   
FATAL ACCIDENT AT HARMONY`S EVANDER MINE                                        
Johannesburg. Tuesday, 27 September 2011. Harmony Gold Mining Company           
Limited (Harmony) regrets to advise that following an ore pass accident and     
subsequent rescue efforts, an employee and two members of an external           
rescue team were fatally injured yesterday at its Evander mine in               
Mpumalanga.                                                                     
Investigations are currently underway to establish the causes of the            
accidents. Operations at the mine have been stopped until investigations        
have been completed.                                                            
Harmony`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs and his management team,       
express their sincere condolences to the families and colleagues of the         
deceased men.                                                                   
For more details contact:                                                       
Henrika Basterfield                                                             
Investor Relations Officer                                                      
+27 82 759 1775 (mobile)                                                        
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: 27/09/2011 12:18:09 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
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