HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED - Harmony's investment strategy boosts cash flows

Harmony's investment strategy boosts cash flows

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Registration number 1950/038232/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
ISIN: ZAE000015228
JSE share code: HAR
(“Harmony” and/or “the Company”)

HARMONY’S INVESTMENT STRATEGY BOOSTS CASH FLOWS



Johannesburg, Tuesday, 12 February 2019.   Overview of operating and financial
performance for the six months ended 31 December 2018



•  Improved safety performance – best ever quarterly lost time injury
   frequency rate (“LTFIR”) of 4.84 achieved by the South African operations in
   the December 2018 quarter

•  7% increase in underground recovered grade to 5.65g/t

•  34% increase in production – boosted by full six months of Moab
   Khotsong and Hidden Valley production

•  R1.1 billion (US$81 million) operational free cash flow1 generated by
   operations (more than 100% increase)

•  Net debt reduced by R333 million (US$39 million) to R4.6 billion
   (US$317 million)

•  Wafi-Golpu memorandum of understanding agreement signed – key to
   progressing the grant of the special mining lease



Johannesburg, Tuesday, 12 February 2019. Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(“Harmony” and/or “the Company”) is pleased to announce that the inclusion of
Moab Khotsong and Hidden Valley in our asset portfolio has boosted the
company’s production and cash flow in the first half of the 2019 financial
year (“H1FY19”), demonstrating the quality of these assets in line with our
investment strategy.



“We remain committed to our strategy of producing safe, profitable ounces and
increasing our margins to ensure our operations benefit from the positive
sentiment in the gold market. We have seen an improvement at our mines in
terms of our safety performance and the group is on track to achieving annual
production guidance of 1.45 million ounces of gold in FY19,” said Peter
Steenkamp, chief executive officer of Harmony.
The production profit2 for H1FY19 was 25% higher at R3 385 million (US$239
million), compared to R2 712 million (US$203 million) for the comparative six
month period ended 31 December 2017 (“H1FY18”).



Operational free cash flow increased by more than 100% to R1.1 billion(US$81
million) for the same period.

Depreciation is higher in the December 2018 six months owing mainly to Hidden
Valley’s return to full production which contributed R896 million (US$63
million) of the increase.



The weakening in the average exchange rate from R/$13.40 in H1FY18 to
R/$14.17 in H1FY19 resulted in a translation loss of R180 million on the US
denominated debt compared to a translation gain of R196 million recorded in
the previous comparable period. Gains on derivatives were R20 million (US$1
million) compared to R337 million (US$25 million) in H1FY18.



Earnings per share (“EPS”) have decreased to 15 South African cents per
share, which is 93% lower than the 203 South African cents per share reported
for the previous comparable period. In US dollar terms, EPS are 1 US cents
per share, which is 93% lower than H1FY18.



Net debt decreased to R4 575 million (US$317 million) at the end of December
2018 from R4 908 million (US$356 million) at the end of June 2018.



Our all-in sustaining unit cost guidance for FY19 has been adjusted to a
range of between R520 000 /kg and R530 000/kg.



Harmony’s interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2018 are
available on the company’s corporate website: www.harmony.co.za.



1 Production profit as per operating results (revenue less production cost).

2 Operational free cash flow as per operating results (production profit less
capital expenditure and excludes gold inventory and stockpile (run of mine)
movements).




For more details contact:
Lauren Fourie
Investor Relations Manager
+27(0)71 607 1498 (mobile)


Marian van der Walt
Executive: Investor Relations
+27(0)82 888 1242 (mobile)
Johannesburg, South Africa
12 February 2019


Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited
Ends.



12 February 2019

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