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<TYPE>EX-99.I
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<FILENAME>exhibit-i.txt
<DESCRIPTION>CONSENT LETTER
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CONSENT LETTER

1        It is recorded that -

1.1           MMC Norilsk  Nickel  ("Norilsk")  and Harmony Gold Mining  Company
              Limited ("Harmony") entered into an irrevocable  undertaking on 16
              October 2004 ("irrevocable undertaking");

1.2           Norilsk wishes -

1.2.1              to  transfer  all the shares  held by it in the issued  share
                   capital of Gold Fields Limited ("Gold Fields") to an indirect
                   wholly owned subsidiary of Norilsk,  Jenington  International
                   Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of the British
                   Virgin Islands on 4 July 2000, registration number 394918 and
                   with  registered  office  at  Acara  Building,  24 De  Castro
                   Street,  Wickhams Cay 1, Road Town,  Tortola,  British Virgin
                   Islands ("Subco");

1.2.2              to cede all its rights and  delegate all its  obligations  in
                   terms of the irrevocable undertaking to Subco,

         and Harmony is willing to consent to the transfer by Norilsk
         of all its shares in the issued share capital of Gold Fields
         to Subco and to consent to the cession and delegation
         contemplated in 1.2.2 above, subject to the terms and
         conditions stipulated in this consent letter.

2        The parties accordingly agree as set out herein.

3        Harmony,  by its  signature  hereto,  with  effect  from  the  date  of
         signature of this consent  letter by the signatory  which signs it last
         in time,  provided  that all the  parties  hereto  actually  sign  this
         consent letter ("signature date"), unconditionally and irrevocably -

3.1           consents to the  transfer of all the shares held by Norilsk in the
              issued  share  capital of Gold  Fields to Subco and waives any and
              all rights which it may have, as at the signature  date, to object
              to such transfer;


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3.2           consents to the cession and delegation in terms of 4 below; and

3.3           undertakes to fulfil all of its  obligations  in terms of, arising
              out of or in connection with the irrevocable  undertaking (even if
              documented  separately  and  not  in the  irrevocable  undertaking
              itself)  to  Subco  as  if  Subco  had   signed  the   irrevocable
              undertaking  and its obligations in terms of, arising out of or in
              connection with the irrevocable undertaking arose or were given in
              favour and for the benefit of Subco.

4        Norilsk, by its signature hereto, with effect from the signature date -

4.1           cedes all of its rights and  delegates all of its  obligations  in
              terms of the irrevocable undertaking to Subco; and

4.2           guarantees   and   undertakes  as  a  principal  and   independent
              obligation in favour of Harmony -

4.2.1              to procure the proper and timeous  fulfilment by Subco of all
                   its  obligations in terms of, arising out of or in connection
                   with the irrevocable undertaking; and

4.2.2              that Subco will remain an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
                   Norilsk until the date upon which the irrevocable undertaking
                   terminates.

5        Subco, by its signature hereto, with effect from the signature date -

5.1           accepts  the  cession of all the rights of Norilsk in terms of the
              irrevocable undertaking by Subco in terms of 4 above;

5.2           accepts the delegation of all the  obligations of Norilsk in terms
              of the irrevocable undertaking to Subco in terms of 4 above; and

5.3           agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the  irrevocable
              undertaking  in all  respects as if it had signed the  irrevocable
              undertaking.


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6        This document  constitutes  the entire record of the agreement  between
         the parties in regard to the subject matter  hereof.  No party shall be
         bound by any express or implied term, representation, warranty, promise
         or the like not recorded herein.

7        This consent shall in all respects (including its existence,  validity,
         interpretation,   implementation,   termination  and   enforcement)  be
         governed by the law of the Republic of South Africa.

8        This  consent  may  be  executed  in one or  more  counterparts  and in
         separate  counterparts,  each of which when executed shall be deemed to
         be an original but when taken  together  shall  constitute  one and the
         same agreement.

Signed at                           on April 18, 2005
                                    for  MMC Norilsk Nickel


                                         /s/ Denis Morozov
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         who warrants that he is duly
                                         authorised hereto

Signed at                           on April 18, 2005
                                    for  Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited


                                         /s/ Bernard Swanepoel
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         who warrants that he is duly
                                         authorised hereto

Signed at                           on April 18, 2005
                                    for  Jenington International Inc.


                                         /s/ Siegfried Pasqual
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                         who warrants that he is duly
                                         authorised hereto
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