HARMONY

PRESS RELEASE

Fatality at Harmony's Bambanani mine

Johannesburg. Monday, 12 October 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(Harmony) regretfully announces one of its employees at its Bambanani mine was
fatally injured as a result of a localised fall of ground gravity incident.

Harmony's Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, "We express our sincere
condolences to the family of the deceased. Harmony has placed significant
emphasis on safety and Bambanani has had an excellent safety record prior to
this unfortunate incident. We will continue with our effective behavior-based
safety programmes at all our operations, to ensure that a culture and mindset
of safety is maintained throughout the company. "

Ends.

Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited

12 October 2009

For more details contact:

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

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