Fatality at Harmonys 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.
Harmonys 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.
ends.
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
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