Issued by Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited
29 January 2013
For more details contact:
Henrika Basterfield
Investor Relations Officer
+27 (0) 82 759 1775 (mobile)
Marian van der Walt
Executive: Corporate and
Investor Relations
+27 (0) 82 888 1242 (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 and the unions moving one step closer to reaching agreement
Johannesburg. Tuesday, 29 January 2013. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(‘Harmony’ or the ‘Company’) advises that a second meeting was held today in terms of
section 189 of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995 ("LRA") between Harmony and its
Kusasalethu employees represented by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM),
Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), Solidarity and UASA
(collectively referred to as “the Unions”).
The Unions have accepted Harmony’s rationale for issuing the section 189 in terms of the
LRA, which may lead to the possible closure of the mine and the possible retrenchment of all
employees. Although the temporary closure of Kusasalethu due to safety and security
reasons remains in place, the conditions under which the mine could be re-opened were
discussed.
“We have made some progress today and we are one step closer to finding a sustainable
solution to re-opening Kusasalethu. However, the mine remains closed until an agreement
has been reached and all the conditions of re-opening it have been agreed upon and
committed to by all the unions and other stakeholders involved”, said Graham Briggs, chief
executive officer of Harmony.
The next meeting has been scheduled for the 6
th
of February 2013. Bilateral discussions
between the parties will continue in the interim.
ends.