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UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN
PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
For January 30,
2017
Harmony Gold Mining Company
Limited
Randfontein
Office Park
Corner Main Reef
Road and Ward Avenue
Randfontein,
1759
South
Africa
(Address of principal executive
offices)
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(Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover of Form 20- F or Form 40-F.)
(Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information
to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.)
Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited
Registration
number 1950/038232/06
Incorporated in
the Republic of South Africa
ISIN:
ZAE000015228
JSE share code:
HAR
(“Harmony”
or “the company”)
TRADING STATEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER
2016
Johannesburg. 30 January
2017: In terms of paragraph
3.4(b) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, a company
listed on the JSE is required to publish a trading statement as
soon as they are satisfied that a reasonable degree of certainty
exists that the financial results for the period to be reported
upon next will differ by at least 20% from the financial results for the previous
corresponding period.
Shareholders
of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (“Harmony”
and/or “the Company”) are advised that a reasonable
degree of certainty exist that earnings for the six months ended 31
December 2016 will be higher than for the six months ended 31
December 2015 (“the previous comparable period”),
primarily due to an increase in the average gold spot price
received, the recognition of a gain on the Hidden Valley
acquisition and the gains recognised on the gold and currency
hedges.
Headline
earnings per share (“HEPS”) are expected to be between
139 and 160 cents per share, which is between 235% and 255% higher
than the headline loss of 103 cents per share reported for the
previous comparable period in 2015.
In
US dollar terms, HEPS are expected to be between 10 and 11 US cents
per share, which is between 230% and 255% higher than the headline
loss of 8 US cents per share reported for the previous comparable
period in 2015.
Earnings
per share (“EPS”) are expected to be between 341 and
361 cents per share, which is between 434% and 454% higher than the
loss of 102 cents per share reported for the previous comparable
period.
In
US dollar terms, EPS are expected to be between 24 and 26 US cents
per share, which is between 436% and 465% higher than the loss of 7
US cents per share reported for the previous comparable
period.
“We
achieved all we set out to in the six months from 1 July 2016 to 31
December 2016. We improved our safety performance and increased
production. Safe mines are profitable mines and profitable mines
strengthen our margins”, said Peter Steenkamp, chief
executive officer of Harmony.
The financial information on which this trading
statement has been based, has not been reviewed or reported on by
Harmony’s external auditors. Harmony will publish its
financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2016 on 2
February 2017. Please refer to our website (www.harmony.co.za)
for the details of our live
results presentation to take place at 9:00 on the
2nd
of February 2017 at the Hilton Hotel,
Sandton.
Ends
For more details
contact:
Marian van der
Walt
Executive:
Corporate and Investor Relations
+27 (0) 82 888
1242 (mobile)
30 January
2017
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan
Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
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Harmony Gold Mining Company
Limited
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Date: January 30,
2017
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By:
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/s/ Frank Abbott
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Name
Frank
Abbott
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Title
Financial
Director
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