| Wed 12 Aug 2009, 9:19 | | HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company - Fatality at Harmony`s Elandsrand Mine |
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HAR - Harmony Gold Mining Company - Fatality at Harmony`s Elandsrand Mine
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
PRESS RELEASE
FATALITY AT HARMONY`S ELANDSRAND MINE
Johannesburg. Wednesday, 12 August 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(Harmony) regretfully announces that a mineworker succumbed to his injuries
yesterday after being injured during an accident at Harmony`s Elandsrand mine
near Carletonville on Friday morning. The accident occurred during scraper
cleaning operations in a stoping workplace.
Management together with the Department of Mineral Resources commenced
investigations yesterday.
Harmony`s Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, "The loss of life is
tragic and we express our sincere condolences to the bereaved family. During the
past financial year, safety at Elandsrand received priority attention and
commendable improvements in safety were recorded as a resulted of the effective
behaviour-based safety initiatives that were implemented at the mine. It saddens
us that despite these measures, the fatality occurred."
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
For more details contact:
Esha Brijmohan
Investor Relations Officer
On +27 (0)82 759 1775
or
Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations
On +27 (0)82 888 1242
Corporate Office:
Randfontein Office Park
PO Box 2
Randfontein
South Africa 1760
T +27 (0)11 411 2000
www.harmony.co.za
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