Fatality at Harmonys Elandsrand mine
Johannesburg. Wednesday, 12 August 2009. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony) regretfully announces that a
mineworker succumbed to his injuries yesterday after being injured during an accident at Harmony's Elandsrand mine near
Carletonville on Friday morning. The accident occurred during scraper cleaning operations in a stoping workplace.
Management
together with the Department of Mineral Resources commenced investigations yesterday.
Harmonys Chief Executive Officer, Graham Briggs says, The loss of life is tragic and we express our sincere
condolences to the bereaved family. During the past financial year, safety at Elandsrand received priority attention and
commendable improvements in safety were recorded as a resulted of the effective behaviour-based safety initiatives that were
implemented at the mine. It saddens us that despite these measures, the fatality occurred.
ends.
Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
12
August 2009
For more details contact:
Esha Brijmohan
Investor Relations Officer
on +27(0)82 759 1775
or
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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