Harmony agreed in February to buy AngloGold Ashanti's last remaining assets in the country including Mponeng - the world's deepest gold mine - for about $300 million. The sale process was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

South Africa's mines ministry approved the sale on the condition that AngloGold Ashanti does not delist from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

(Reporting by Aakash Jagadeesh Babu in Bengaluru; writing by Helen Reid in Johannesburg; editing by Jason Neely)