Issued by Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited
3 March 2014
For more details contact:
Henrika Ninham
Investor Relations Manager
+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
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South
Africa Proprietary Limited
Harmony appoints new chief operating officer
Johannesburg. Monday, 3 March 2014: Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(“Harmony”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Alwyn Pretorius as Chief
Operating Officer.
Pretorius has 20 years of underground deep-level gold mining experience in different
supervisory and management positions. He has been an executive of Harmony since
2007 and holds degrees in both BSc Mining Engineering and BSc Industrial
Engineering.
Tom Smith, who held the role as chief operating officer, has resigned to pursue other
business interests.
“Tom made an invaluable contribution to the mining industry as well as the company.
We wish him well in his future endeavours,” said Graham Briggs, chief executive
officer.
“Alwyn is hands-on, young and energetic and brings new ideas to our approach to
production and safety,” Briggs added.