TIDMHRM
HARMONY
PRESS RELEASE
Fatalities at Harmony's Evander shaft
Johannesburg. Monday, 20 April 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(Harmony) regretfully announces that two people were fatally injured at the
Evander 9 shaft that forms part of Harmony's Evander Operations in Mpumalanga
on Friday afternoon, after they succumbed to oxygen deficiency while climbing
into a travelling way of a discontinued production area. They were part of a
team that was installing an electrical cable in a haulage.
Management together with the Department of Minerals and Energy commenced
investigations on Friday.
At the time of the incident, no mining was taking place. Repairs to the
infrastructure of the shaft were being carried out in preparation for a new
mining project.
Harmony's Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, "This is truly a tragic
incident and we express our sincerest condolences to the families of the
deceased and sympathy to those affected by the incident. It is unfortunate that
despite our safety initiatives fatalities still occur, which means that we
should continue rolling out communication on safety. We have already seen
excellent improvements in our safety rates as a result of our safety programmes
and can assure all that safety receives priority attention from all
stakeholders involved."
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Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
20 April 2009
For more details contact:
Graham Briggs
Chief Executive Officer
on +27 (0)83 265 0274
Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations
on +27 (0)82 888 1242
Corporate Office:
Randfontein Office Park
P O Box 2
Randfontein
South Africa 1760
T +27 (11) 411 2000
www.harmony.co.za
JSE: HAR HAR
NYSE: HMY
NASDAQ: HMY
ISIN No.: ZAE000015228
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