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      <footnote id="F1"> Exchangeable Shares are shares of stock of Newmont Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd., a corporation existing under the laws of Canada &amp; wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, that are convertible into common stock of the Issuer on a 1 for 1 basis at the option of the holder at any time after 02/16/02, as set forth in the Provisions Attaching to the Exchangeable Shares (the &quot;Provisions&quot;) set forth as Appendix 1 to Schedule B of the Arrangement Agreement, dated 11/14/01, between Franco-Nevada Mining Corp. Limited &amp; Newmont Gold Co.  Pursuant to a Voting &amp; Exchange Trust Agreement, holders of Exchangeable Shares are entitled to direct the trustee to cast the votes attaching to the shares of the Special Voting Stock of the Issuer held by the trustee, on all matters submitted to the stockholders of the issuer.  The Exchangeable Shares remain exchangeable at the option of the holder until redeemed by the Issuer pursuant to, and subject to the conditions of, the Provisions.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F2"> Sales were conducted on the Toronto Stock Exchange.  The price of the exchange was in Canadian dollars, $63.89 per share.  The price reported is based on the noon buying rate of US/Canadian dollar of 1:1.30.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F3"> The reporting person directly holds 94,574 shares of common stock of Newmont Mining Corporation.</footnote>
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