<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001628280-22-001271.txt : 20220126
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-22-001271
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220126
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220126
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220126

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARMONY GOLD MINING CO LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001023514
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31545
		FILM NUMBER:		22555673

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RANDFONTEIN OFFICE PARK
		STREET 2:		CAR MAIN REEF ROAD AND WARD AVENUE
		CITY:			RANDFONTEIN
		STATE:			T3
		ZIP:			1759
		BUSINESS PHONE:		27 011 411-2037

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 2
		CITY:			RANDFONTEIN, JOHANNESBURG
		STATE:			T3
		ZIP:			1760
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="if0ae69d47ab14a5c89cb39e8f36aaa45_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Form 6K</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">PURSUANT TO RULE 13a16 OR 15d16 UNDER THE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">For January 26, 2022</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Randfontein Office Park</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Corner Main Reef Road and Ward Avenue Randfontein, 1759</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">South Africa</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">*-</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form 20 F or Form 40F.)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form 20F &#9746;                 Form 40F &#9744;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(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 12g32(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Yes &#9744;             No &#9746;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Registration number 1950&#47;038232&#47;06</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">ISIN&#58; ZAE000015228</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">JSE share code&#58; HAR</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">(&#8220;Harmony&#8221; and&#47;or &#8220;the Company&#8221;)</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:150%">HARMONY&#8217;S SOUTH AFRICAN OPERATIONS&#8217; HALF-YEAR RESULTS IN LINE WITH GUIDANCE&#59; HIDDEN VALLEY&#8217;S GUIDANCE REVISED</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Johannesburg, Wednesday, 26 January 2022. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (&#8220;Harmony&#8221; and&#47;or &#8220;the Company&#8221;) wishes to share an update on its production as at the end of December 2021 (&#8220;first 6 months of the financial year&#8221; or &#8220;H1FY22&#8221;) ahead of its interim results to be announced on 28 February 2022.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">South African operations</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Gold production for H1FY22 from the South African operations remains steady at 22,355 kilograms (718 726 ounces) compared to the 22,031 kilograms  (708 310 ounces) produced during the previous six-month period ended 30 June 2021 (&#8220;comparable period&#8221;). These specific periods are being compared as they both include a full six-months&#8217; production from Mponeng and related assets (&#8220;Mponeng&#8221;) whereas the six months ended 31 December 2020 (&#8220;H1FY21&#8221;) only included three months&#8217; production from Mponeng. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Rand per kilogram costs for the South African operations remain broadly in-line with what was originally guided and remains unchanged at R765,000&#47;kg to R800,000&#47;kg.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Papua New Guinea &#8211; Hidden Valley mine </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Gold production in H1FY22 at Hidden Valley was down 26% to 1,871 kilograms  (60,153 ounces) against the comparable period as a result of geotechnical issues which prevented the effective mining of stage 6 of the open pit, resulting in more lower grade stockpiles being processed. Covid-19 related restrictions and rostering also had an impact on the workforce in Papua New Guinea further impacting production. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">In addition, 6-kilometers of overland conveyor belt was damaged in early January 2022 and will be replaced. This will have a significant impact on full-year production at Hidden Valley. Waste and ore mining at the mine continues and trucks are being used to transport ore to the plant until the belt repairs are completed towards mid-March 2022. During this period, major scheduled maintenance work will be carried out on the process plant. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">As a result, Hidden Valley&#8217;s production is revised downwards from 153,000 to 161,000 ounces (as previously guided) to 115,000 to 117,000 ounces for the financial year ending 30 June 2022 (&#8220;FY22&#8221;). </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">The modified guidance from Hidden Valley will result in a 4% adjustment to total production from 1.540 to 1.630 million ounces as guided at the beginning of FY22, to 1.480 to 1.560 million ounces. The overall all-in sustaining cost (&#8220;AISC&#8221;) has consequently been revised from R765,000&#47;kg to R800,000&#47;kg as previously guided to R805,000&#47;kg to R835,000&#47;kg for FY22. </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Investors are reminded that guidance for our South African operations remains within the original cost range guided of between R765 000&#47;kg to R800 000&#47;kg. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#0a0a0a;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Harmony&#8217;s interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2021 (&#8220;H1FY22&#8221;) will be released on both a virtual platform and in person (Covid-19 regulations permitting) on Monday, 28 February 2022.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Ends.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">For more details contact&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">Jared Coetzer </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Head&#58; Investor Relations</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">+27 (0) 82 746 4120</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Johannesburg, South Africa</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">26 January 2022</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">Sponsor&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:115%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:4.5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:505.50pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:82.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:82.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:82.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:82.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:82.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:82.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:8.3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date&#58; January 26, 2022</font></td><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;  &#47;s&#47;  Boipelo Lekubo</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name&#58; Boipelo Lekubo</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title&#58; Financial Director</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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