All mine eworkers returned safely to surrface – no injuries
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited has announced that all of the 486 employees at the
company’s Kusasalethu mine have been safely brought to surface.
This follows the succcessful operaation undertaken by mine rescue teams who were deployed
underground to contain the fire, believed to have started during maintenance work on a bulk
air cooler on 75 level, and to bring employees to surface.
Says Graham Briggs, CEO: “We are extremely grateful that all of our colleagues have been
brought to surface, without injury. This is to the credit of our systems, employees, the unions,
and mine management who have worked tirelessly over the past 12 hours. I also want to
extend our thanks to mine rescue services for their efforts.”
Investigations into the cause of the fire will be conducted jointly with the Department of
Mineral Resources and mine management.
Further information will be released as this becomes available.
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Issued by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
22 February 2015
For more details contact:
Charmane Russell
0823725816
Memory Johnstone
0827193081
Pam McLeod
0828726387
James Duncan
0793364010
Corporate Corporate Office:
Randfontein Office Park
P O Box 2
Randfontein
South Africa 1760
T
+27 (11) 411 2000
www.harmony.co.za
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