TIDMHRM
HARMONY
PRESS RELEASE
Fatality at Harmony's Unisel shaft
Johannesburg. Wednesday, 22 July 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(Harmony) regretfully announces that a fall of ground accident at its Unisel
shaft, which is part of the Virginia Operations in the Free State, yesterday
resulted in the death of a miner.
Management together with the Department of Mineral Resources commenced
investigations today.
Harmony's Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, "This is truly a tragic
incident and we express our sincerest condolences to the bereaved family.
Safety continues to receive priority attention from all stakeholders involved
and we have already seen improvements in our safety record as a result of the
effective behaviour-based safety initiatives that we have rolled out at all our
operations. Despite these efforts, it remains unfortunate that this fatality
still occurred."
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Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
22 July 2009
For more details contact:
Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and Investor Relations
on +27 (0)82 888 1242
or
Esha Brijmohan
Investor Relations Officer
on +27 (0)82 759 1775
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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