Harmony CEO reckons gold to hit $1800 next year

South Africa’s Harmony Gold (HARJ.J),the world’s fifth-largest gold miner, sees the price of gold rising to $1,800 an ounce in 2012, its chief executive said on Thursday.

The spot price of gold has been at record peaks, surpassing the $1,500 an ounce mark, and Chief Executive Graham Briggs said it could even go higher.