Issued by Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited
26 July 2011
For more details contact:
Graham Briggs
Chief Executive Officer
+27 (0) 83 265 0274 (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 preparing for possible strike
Johannesburg. Tuesday, 26 July 2011. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(‘Harmony’ or ‘the Company’) announces that following wage negotiations with the trade
unions (being the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Solidarity and UASA) a deadlock
was declared yesterday.
The following offer from the Company was rejected by the Unions:
Entry level employees:
8.5%
Category 5 to 8 employees:
7.5%
Miners, artisans and officials:
7%
Harmony received a 48-hour strike notice from NUM today, advising that its members will
down tools at 18:00 on Thursday, the 28
th
of July 2011.
Graham Briggs, chief executive officer commented: “We have made a reasonable offer to the
trade unions, which has been rejected. We are now preparing for a possible strike. This
means that operations will be closed, assets will be secured and measures will be taken to
ensure that expenditure is kept to a minimum.”
ends.