Posté par bchenive · boursomarquer · ignorer  

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22/11/2009 à 01:03

Dear Bastien,

Thank you for your e-mail. Let me deal with your frustration regarding the company’s communication first. We release as much information into the public as possible (within the requirements of the various listing authorities). We release press announcements (good and bad) on a regular basis – in addition we meet with shareholders, attend shareholder conferences, post presentations to our website, meet with analysts and the media regularly and release quarterly and annual reports. All in an attempt to ensure that the correct information reaches our shareholders – existing and potential ones. Websites such as miningweekly.com, miningmx.com, moneyweb.co.za and Bloomberg are worth subscribing to to obtain a more objective view on the company. Between the company and its advisors (that includes communication advisors, legal and corporate advisers), we will ensure that the reputation of the company is upheld.

Big shareholders have an obligation to release changes in their holdings (5% and more) on a Form 13D in the US (for example). We as Harmony, are therefore not obliged to release this information. The particular shareholder has not exited the company as yet and we have already engaged with the specific institution to understand why they are selling.

Regarding the share price performance: In addition to having discussions with our sponsors and advisors, I have spent the last two weeks visiting analysts that cover Harmony, to gain a better understanding of the underperformance of our share. Harmony’s rating exceeds that of Anglogold Ashanti (ANG) and Gold Fields (GFI), yet you cannot see it in the share price, due to the fact that 100% of our production comes from South Africa. Only 40% of ANG’s assets are in South Africa and GFI has 60% of its assets in South Africa. With Harmony being more exposed to South Africa and having a mixed bag of marginal and quality assets, we are more exposed to the Rand strength (R/kg gold prices are not sky rocketing as yet) and political uncertainty (for example the Mining Charter Review, the Code of Good Practice, the Royalty Act). Due to these factors investors have chosen to be less exposed to the Rand and to rather invest in North American gold mining companies (with their costs and revenue in dollars, stronger margins have been realised).

More importantly though, is that we focus on what we can control – grades, volumes and production. In August 2007 when Bernard left the company and Graham took over, we made some tough decisions, implemented a number of initiatives and turned the company around. The market, however, remains cautious and has taken a wait and see approach to establish whether Harmony is able to deliver consistent results. We believe that the company will only be stronger in future – large institutions support our strategy, they support Graham and management (our executive team consists of strong mining leaders and service support), we remain unhedged, production is in build-up phase, we have excellent growth projects and we have an exciting project pipeline.

Bastien, even as a smaller shareholder, you are very important to Harmony. I will continue to aim to release balanced reporting on Harmony, but also encourage you to contact me more regularly should you wish to obtain more clarity on any issues of concern.

Kind regards

marian van der walt l executive: corporate and investor relations l h a r m o n y g o l d m i n i n g c o l t d l t e l : (+27)( 0 1 1 ) 4 1 1 2 0 37 l f a x : 0866 140 999 l c e l l : +27 0 8 2 888 1242 l w e b s i t e : w w w . h a r m o n y . c o . z


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