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NEWMONT ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER EARNINGS CALL AND NEW LOCATION FOR ITS ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

DENVER, April 10, 2006 – Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) announced that it will report first quarter 2006 results on Thursday, April 20, 2006. A conference call will be held that day at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (2:00 p.m. Mountain Time) to discuss the quarter’s results. The conference call will be carried on the Company’s web site.

 

Conference Call Details

     

Dial-In Number

   

212-547-0361

Leader

   

Randy Engel

Password

   

Newmont

Replay Number

   

402-220-0238

Web Cast Details

     

URL

   

http://www.newmont.com

The first quarter results release and related financial and statistical information will be available prior to the conference call in the Investor Information section of the Company’s web site, www.newmont.com. Additionally, the conference call will be archived for a limited time on the Company’s web site.

The Company also announced that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held at 1:00 p.m. Mountain Time on Tuesday, April 25, 2006 in Auditorium 2 at the Inverness Hotel and Conference Center, 200 Inverness Drive West, Englewood, Colorado, USA. This is a change in location from the Notice mailed to shareholders earlier this year. As before, all stockholders of record as of March 1, 2006 are cordially invited to attend the meeting in person.

 

Investor Contacts

          

Randy Engel

    303.837.6033    randy.engel@newmont.com

John Gaensbauer

    303.837.5153    john.gaensbauer@newmont.com

Media Contacts

          

Deb Witmer

    303.837.5308    deb.witmer@newmont.com

Heatheryn Higgins

    303.837.5248    heatheryn.higgins@newmont.com

Maureen Upton

    303.837.5281    maureen.upton@newmont.com

 

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