Issued by Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited
20 December 2012
For more details contact:
Henrika Basterfield
Investor Relations Manager
+27 (0) 11 411 2314
(office)+27 (0) 82 759 1775
(mobile)
Corporate Office:
Randfontein Office Park
P O Box 2
Randfontein
South Africa 1760
T +27 (11) 411 2000
www.harmony.co.za
JSE:
HAR
NYSE:
HMY
ISIN No.:
ZAE000015228
Registration number:
1950/038232/06
Harmony closes its Kusasalethu mine one day earlier than planned for the
festive season due to labour unrest
Johannesburg, 20 December 2012: Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (‘Harmony’ or
‘the Company’) advises that it is closing its Kusasalethu mine near Carletonville a day earlier
than planned for the festive season, following violent behavior and damage to mine
infrastructure on surface.
Security at the mine and the SAPS are on the scene to control the crowd and to further
ensure the safety of all the employees. The violence followed the suspension of 578
employees including some contractors as a result of the participation of these employees in
an unprotected strike action on Saturday, 15 December 2012.
Tom Smith, chief operating officer of Harmony commented: "We have made it clear that no
violence will be tolerated and to ensure the safety of our employees it has become
imperative to close the shaft until the labour issues have been resolved."
ends.