Johannesburg - Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited ('Harmony' and/or 'the Company') has announced the resumption of shifts at its nine South African underground mines from the start of yesterday's afternoon shift, following Eskom's announcement on Tuesday to return to Level 4 load shedding.

Monday's night shift and yesterday's day shift at all the Company's underground mines were cancelled in response to an urgent request from power utility Eskom for power usage to be reduced immediately to levels required only for the maintenance of essential services. Eskom's request followed its announcement on Monday of an emergency shift to Level 6 load shedding.

Contact:

Marian van der Walt

Tel: +27 (0) 82 888 1242

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony), a world-class gold mining and exploration company, has operations and assets in South Africa and Papua New Guinea (PNG). Harmony has close to 70 years' experience in the industry. Company assets include one open pit mine and several exploration tenements in PNG, as well as 9 underground mines and 1 open pit operation and several surface sources in South Africa. In addition, Harmony owns 50% of the significant Wafi-Golpu copper-gold project.

The company's primary stock exchange listing is on the JSE with a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The bulk of our shareholders are in South Africa and the United States.

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