One Wall Street New York, N.Y. 10286
(212) 495-1727
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of depositary's principal executive offices)

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The Bank of New York
ADR Division

One Wall Street, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10286

(212) 495-1784

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
Peter B. Tisne, Esq.
Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP
120 Broadway
New York, New York 10271
(212) 238-3010

It is proposed that this filing become effective under Rule 466
[X] immediately upon filing
[ ] on (Date) at (Time).
If a separate registration statement has been filed to register the deposited shares, check the following box.  [ ]

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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For the purpose of this table only the term "unit" is defined as 100 American Depositary Shares.

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EMM-755954_1

The prospectus consists of the form of American Depositary Receipt included as Exhibit A to the form of Deposit Agreement filed as Exhibit 1 to this Registration Statement which is incorporated herein by reference.

EMM-755954_1

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item - 1.

Description of Securities to be Registered

Cross Reference Sheet

Item - 2.

Available Information

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item - 3.

Exhibits

a.

Form of Deposit Agreement dated as of August 12, 1996, as amended and restated as of October 2, 1996, as further amended and restated as of September 15, 1998, among Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, The Bank of New York as Depositary, and all Owners and holders from time to time of American Depositary Receipts issued thereunder. - Filed herewith as Exhibit 1.

b.

Any other agreement to which the Depositary is a party relating to the issuance of the Depositary Shares registered hereby or the custody of the deposited securities represented. - Not Applicable.  

c.

Every material contract relating to the deposited securities between the Depositary and the issuer of the deposited securities in effect at any time within the last three years. - See (a) above.

d.

Opinion of Emmet, Marvin & Martin, LLP, counsel for the Depositary, as to legality of the securities to be registered. - Filed herewith as Exhibit 4.  

e.

Certification under Rule 466. - Filed herewith as Exhibit 5.

Item - 4.

Undertakings

(a)

The Depositary hereby undertakes to make available at the principal office of the Depositary in the United States, for inspection by holders of the ADRs, any reports and communications received from the issuer of the deposited securities which are both (1) received by the Depositary as the holder of the deposited securities, and (2) made generally available to the holders of the underlying securities by the issuer.

(b)

If the amounts of fees charged are not disclosed in the prospectus, the Depositary undertakes to prepare a separate document stating the amount of any fee charged and describing the service for which it is charged and to deliver promptly a copy of such fee schedule without charge to anyone upon request. The Depositary undertakes to notify each registered holder of an ADR thirty days before any change in the fee schedule.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that all the requirements for filing on Form F-6 are met and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on November 29, 2004.

Legal entity created by the agreement for the issuance of American Depositary Receipts for ordinary shares of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited.

By:

The Bank of New York,

  As Depositary

By:  /s/ Joanne F. DiGiovanni

       Joanne F. DiGiovanni

       Vice President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized in South Africa on November 29, 2004.

HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY

LIMITED

By:  /s/ Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel

Name:  Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel

Title:  Chief Executive Officer

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel and Nomfundo Qangule, and each of them severally, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact with power of substitution and resubstitution to sign in his name, place and stead in any and all capacities the Registration Statement and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) and any documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys full power to act with or without the other, and full power and authority to do and perform, in his name and on his behalf, every act whatsoever which such attorneys, or any one of them, may deem necessary or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully and to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on November 29, 2004.

/s/ Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel

Chief Executive Officer and Director

Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel

(principal executive officer)

/s/ Nomfundo Qangule

Chief Financial Officer and Director

Nomfundo Qangule

(principal financial and accounting officer)

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Chairman of the Board and Director

Patrice Motsepe

/s/ Ferdinand Dippenaar

Director

Ferdinand Dippenaar

/s/ Thaddeus Steven Anthony Grobicki

Director

Thaddeus Steven Anthony Grobicki

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Director

Mangisi Gule

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Director

Frank Abbott

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Director

Nolitha Fakude

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Director

/s/ Simo Lushaba

Simo Lushaba

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Director

Rick Menell

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Director

Modise Motloba

/s/ Morley Nkosi

Director

Morley Nkosi

/s/ Cedric Savage

Director

Cedric Savage

/s/ Michael Pleming

Director

Michael Pleming

PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES

Authorized Representative in the United States

By: /s/ Donald J. Puglisi

       Donald J. Puglisi

       Managing Director

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

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