HARMONY GOLD MINING CO LTD — M&A Activity 2005

Feb 23, 2005

CORRESP 1 filename1.htm ACCELERATION LETTER

H OGAN & H ARTSON

SOLICITORS AND REGISTERED FOREIGN LAWYERS

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February 23, 2005

VIA EDGAR AND FACSIMILE

Mara L. Ransom, Esq.

Special Counsel

Office of Mergers & Acquisitions

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

450 Fifth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited

Registration Statement on Form F-4

SEC File No.: 333-120975

Dear Ms. Ransom:

On behalf of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, pursuant to Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, we request that the captioned Registration Statement be accelerated to, and that the Registration Statement be declared effective at, 5.30 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 24, 2005, or as soon as practicable thereafter.

If you require any additional information with regard to this matter, please telephone either of the undersigned on 011 44 20 7367 0200.

Very truly yours,

/ S / J OHN M. B ASNAGE
/ S / E LIZABETH L. K ATKIN
John M. Basnage
Elizabeth L. Katkin

cc: Brian V. Breheny, Esq., Chief

Office of Mergers & Acquisitions

Division of Corporation Finance

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Solicitors: John M. Basnage (also qualified in New York, USA); Christopher Berry; Colin W. Craik (also qualified in New York, USA and the Czech Republic); Jennifer G. Donohue; Austen E. Hall;

Sean P. Harrison; Jonathan Ivinson; Hywel Jones; Daniel H. Maccoby (also qualified in the District of Columbia, USA); Garry J. Pegg and Nicola Walker.

Registered Foreign Lawyers: Raymond J. Batla, Jr. (District of Columbia, USA); Prentiss E. Feagles (District of Columbia, USA); Jeffrey M. Hurlburt (District of Columbia, Iowa, New York, USA);

Elizabeth L. Katkin (District of Columbia and California, USA); Peter E. Kohl (Minnesota, USA); and Susan S. Namkung (District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Virginia, USA)