REG-Harmony Gold Mining: Statement re Fatalities at Harmony’s Evander shaft

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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