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HAR - Fatality At Harmony`s Central Plant
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
Registration number 1950/038232/06
ISIN ZAE000015228 Issuer code: HAPS
TRADING SYMBOLS: Ordinary Shares: JSE Limited: HAR,
New York Stock Exchange, Inc., HMY, London Stock Exchange plc: HRM
Euronext Paris: HG, Euronext Brussels: HMY, Berlin Stock Exchange: HAM1,
NASDAQ: HMY
FATALITY AT HARMONY`S CENTRAL PLANT
Johannesburg, Wednesday, 18 March 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(Harmony) regretfully announces that an accident in the mill section at its
Central Plant in the Free State yesterday afternoon resulted in the death of a
technical official.
Management together with the Department of Minerals and Energy commenced
investigations today.
Work at the milling section of the plant has been stopped until further notice.
Harmony`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs and his management team,
express their sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.
Harmony continues to address safety through its behavior-safety initiatives that
have been rolled out to all of its operations. The continuous communication on
safety in the working place as well as off the job is receiving priority
attention from all stakeholders involved.
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
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 & investor Relations
On +27 (0)82 888 1242
Corporate Office:
Randfontein Office Park
PO 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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