Morobe Mining JV Exploration Update. PNG Mining Conference Port Moresby - 30 th October, 2009 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

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Morobe Mining JV Exploration Update PNG Mining Conference Port Moresby - 30 th October, 2009 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT This presentation contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are intended to be covered by the safe harbour created by such sections. All statements other than those of historical facts included in this presentation are forward-looking statements including, without limitation, (i) estimates of future earnings, and the sensitivity of earnings to the gold and other metals prices; (ii) estimates t of future gold and other metals production and sales, (iii) estimates of future cash costs; (iv) estimates of future cash flows, and the sensitivity of cash flows to the gold and other metals prices; (v) statements regarding future debt repayments; (vi) estimates of future capital expenditures; (vii) estimates of reserves, and statements regarding future exploration results and the replacement of reserves; and (viii) statements regarding modifications to the Company's hedge position. Where the Company expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, forwardlooking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by such forwardlooking statements. Such risks include, but are not limited to, gold and other metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade or recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, as well as political and operational risks in the countries in which we operate and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and other factors, see the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended June 30, 2009, which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the Company's other SEC filings. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to any "forward-looking statement" to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this presentation, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. 1

Content 1. Introduction Regional setting and geology Tenure Exploration Team Strategy 2. Hidden Valley Exploration Target generation Resource expansion targets 3. Wafi-Golpu Exploration Northern Diatreme Margin Golpu Deeps 4. Morobe Regional Exploration Emerging targets 3 Regional Setting and Location Grasberg Porgera Morobe JV Projects Lihir New Britain Porphyry Belt Mining Locations FLY PLATFORM Aure Trough Lae Lae Panguna OK Tedi Port Moresby 4 2

Morobe A Gold Mineral Province Wafi Au Project* Resource: 103.2Mt @ 1.88 g/t Au 6,232,000 oz Au Edie Creek lodes** 2,700,000t @ 8.40g/t 730,000 oz Au Golpu & Nambonga Porphyry* Resource: 202.9Mt @ 0.9% Cu, 0.6g/t Au 3,975,000 oz Au 4.1 billion pounds Cu 47 million pounds Mo Bulolo alluvials** 2,110,000 oz Au Wau Gold mines** 2,694,500t @ 6.47 g/t 560,500 oz Au Pliocene Olig Miocene Cretaceous Otibanda Formation Bulolo Volcanics Babwaf Conglomerate Edie Porphyry Morobe Granodiorite Langimar beds Omaura Greywacke Owen Stanley Metamorphics Papuan Ophiolite Hidden Valley Project* Resource: 90.8Mt @ 1.84 g/t 5,375,000 oz Au Includes 81.5Mt @ 32.0 g/t 83,936,000 oz Ag * for July 2009 resource statements refer www.harmony.co.za or www.newcrest.com.au ** Historical resource Morobe Resource Growth History Morobe Mining gold resources (Moz) Gold (Moz) 26.0 24.0 22.0 20.0 18.0 16.0 14.0 12.0 10.0 8.0 Total gold resource grown to 15.6 Moz Exploration work continues 60 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Hidden Valley Hamata Golpu Wafi Nambonga Source: Company reports 6 3

MMJV Tenement Status 3,276 km 2 of granted tenure as at October 2009: - 13 Exploration Licenses & 1 Mining Lease - Kina 47.9M Exploration Budget approved by the venture partners for FY10 7 Morobe JV Exploration Team 24 National Geologists 16 Technical Support Staff including GIS, Database, CA, Environment and Safety Professionals External support from venture partners Wau Residential & Local Communities, 70% Exploration Workforce Total 192 Employees (September, 2009) Lae & Other Centres 30% 8 4

Building a Safety Culture 12 Months LTI Free Hazard Hunt Initiative Safety Leadership Training Drilling Step Change - Traverse Drilling International 9 1. Hidden Valley Exploration Target generation Resource expansion targets 2. Wafi-Golpu Exploration Northern Diatreme Margin Golpu Deeps 3. Morobe Regional Exploration Emerging targets 10 5

Hidden Valley Joint Venture Objective: Increase mine life and / or support expansion through addition of Resources and conversion to Reserves Discover High grade ore zone to supplement ore feed Strategy: New Discovery & Target Generation Exploration Resource Growth Res Def Drilling Program 11 Hidden Valley Exploration Integrated Geology Model: Integration of all available geology, geophysics, geochemistry, structural data and resource models Yafo Tais Apu Creek Big Wau Prospect generation and target ranking Development of 5 year exploration drilling strategy integrated with mine based Resource Development activities 12 6

Hidden Valley Exploration Target Generation 9180000mN 460000mE Hamata Yafo 465000mE Legend Current deposit outline 467000mE Au +50 ppb Au (soils) Domain boundary Bulldog Kaveroi Ck. Big Wau 9175000mN HV HV South Apu Ck. N 0 2.5 Kilometres Tais Creek 13 ML151 Resource Growth Resource Definition Kaveroi North Nosave (Hidden Valley North) Kaveroi Deeps N Hidden Valley southern depth extension 14 7

ML151 Resource Growth Resource Definition Kaveroi Deeps Target 15 1. Hidden Valley Exploration Target generation Resource expansion targets 2. Wafi-Golpu Exploration Northern Diatreme Margin Golpu Deeps 3. Morobe Regional Exploration Emerging targets 16 8

Wafi-Golpu Joint Venture Objective: Unlock the value of the existing Mineral Resource (10Moz Gold) Discovery of new Au resources Establish business case for development of a new mine for MMJV Strategy: Diamond drilling New Discovery Concept development studies 17 Wafi Golpu Project Nambonga North Porphyry * 1.0 Moz Au, 86 kt Cu 439000 me 440000 me 441000 me M-Zone Miapilli 9242000 mn 9242000 mn Nambonga Western Northern Diatreme DIATREME 9241000 mn Wafi Gold * 6.2 Moz Golpu Porphyry * 2.9 Moz Au, 1.7 Mt Cu 9241000 mn 439000 me 440000 me 0 Kilometers * For July 2009 resource statement refer www.harmony.co.za or www.newcrest.com.au N 0.5 441000 me 18 9

Wafi Golpu Project FY10 Exploration Targets 9242000 mn 439000 me 440000 me Significant targets developing in current Northern Blind holes Margin Porphyry Target 441000 me 9242000 mn Miapilli Northern Diatreme Margin Diatreme Eastern Margin DIATREME Golpu NE EM Target Miapilli 9241000 mn 9241000 mn Golpu Deeps Dockerton 439000 me 440000 me 0 N Kilometers 0.5 441000 me 19 Northern Diatreme Margin Section 20850N New Mineralisation: 36m @ 21.4 g/t Ag (46m) New Mineralisation: 25.5m @ 0.6 g/t Au, 0.5% Cu (80.5m) Outline of supergene blanket in current model Potential: Major extension of Golpu supergene mineralisation zone Supergene mineralisation indicating separate, new, Porphyry Cu-Au source located north of the diatreme Silver credit 300m GOLPU* Current Resource Model Outline 2.9 Moz Au 1.7 Mt Cu Section current as of June, 2009 * For July 2009 resource statement refer www.harmony.co.za or www.newcrest.com.au 20 10

Miapilli Approximately 1.0 km northeast from Golpu Along strike on the Wafi Transfer structure Potential for new porphyry Cu-Au mineralisation Host rocks: Owen Stanley Metamorphics intruded by andesite porphyry Results: WR315: 52m @ 1 g/t Au, 0.2% Cu (409m) Stockwork Au-Cu vein mineralisation developed in medisediments, adjacent porphyry intrusive Follow-up drilling progressing WR315 @ 433.4m: Veined and mineralised metasediments Assays 1.9 g.t Au, 0.44% Cu 21 Golpu Deeps Link Zone Diatreme Golpu Depth extensions to current mineralised system Concept development studies Nambonga North 22 11

1. Hidden Valley Exploration Target generation Resource expansion targets 2. Wafi-Golpu Exploration Northern Diatreme Margin Golpu Deeps 3. Morobe Regional Exploration Emerging targets 23 Morobe Exploration Joint Venture Objectives: Discover a new deposit in the wider MMJV tenement package Increase Resource base Promote projects through maturity triangle Strategy: 3 Areas of focus Hidden Valley District Wafi District Morobe coast Focus on Emerging mineral province 24 12

Regional Programs Wafi District Hidden Valley District Morobe Coast 25 Wafi District Emerging Mineral District Major Porphyry Cu/Au Systems and related epithermal Au mineralisation with +2Moz potential 0 2.5 5 kilometers Nambonga Nth Porphyry* 39.8Mt @ 0.21% Cu, 0.8g/t Au 86Kt Cu, 1.0 Moz Au Wafi Au Resource* 103.2Mt @ 1.8 g/t for 6.2 Moz Au EL1105 EL440 Miapilli Golpu Porphyry* 163 Mt @ 1.08% Cu, 0.6 g/t Au 1.7Mt Cu, 2.9 Moz Au Kesiago Pekumbe EL1103 Mt Tonn * For July 2009 resource statement refer Wafi EL1316 www.harmony.co.za or www.newcrest.com.au Transfer 26 13

Summary MMJV Here for the long term Aim to discover, build and operate quality operations Hidden Valley Increase mine life through additions to the Mineral Resource Discover high-grade ore zone to supplement ore feed Wafi-Golpu Unlock to value of the existing Mineral Resource (10Moz Gold) Discovery of new Au resources Establish business case for development of a new mine for MMJV Regional Exploration Discovery of a new deposit in the wider MMJV tenement package 27 Em Tasol 14