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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BUENAVENTURA MINING CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001013131
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AVE CARLOS VILLARAN 790
		CITY:			LIMA
		STATE:			R5
		ZIP:			13
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5114192536

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		STREET 1:		AV. CARLOS VILLARAN 790
		CITY:			LIMA
		STATE:			R5
		ZIP:			13
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</FONT><P ALIGN="CENTER">&nbsp;</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &amp; McCloy LLP</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">One Chase Manhattan Plaza</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">New York, NY 10005</P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER">(212) 530-5000</P>
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<P>&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;January 13, 2006</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>&#9;&#9;Re:&#9;Compa&ntilde;&iacute;a de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A., File No. 001-14370</P>
<P>&#9;&#9;&#9;<U>Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004 Filed May 27, 2005</P>
</U><P>Lily Dang</P>
<P>Staff Accountant</P>
<P>Securities and Exchange Commission</P>
<P>Division of Corporation Finance</P>
<P>Washington, D.C. 20549</P>
<P>Dear Ms. Dang:</P>
<P>&#9;&#9;Thank you for taking our call yesterday afternoon. As we discussed on the call, Carlos G&aacute;lvez, Chief Financial Officer of Compa&ntilde;&iacute;a de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.<U> </U>(the "Company"), has requested, on behalf of the Company, an extension to respond to the Staff's comments raised in the Staff's letter to the Company dated December 29, 2005 relating to the Staff's review of the above-referenced filing. The Company has requested the extension to enable the Company and Newmont Mining Corporation to coordinate responses to certain Staff comments received by each company with respect to Minera Yanacocha S.R.L., in which both the Company and Newmont Mining Corporation have a shared interest, as well as to ensure that the Company's mining engineers, internal accounting group and external Peruvian and U.S. independent auditors have sufficient time to coordinate detailed responses to the Staff's comments, as applicable. You indicated in the call that the Staff would grant the Company an
 extension for responding to the Staff's letter to the week of February 6, 2006. The Company very much appreciates your flexibility in this regard and we look forward to working with you on this matter.</P>
<P>&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;Sincerely yours,</P>
<P>&nbsp;</P>
<P>&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;/s/ Arnold B. Peinado, III</P>
<P>cc:&#9;Carlos G&aacute;lvez</P>
<P>Compa&ntilde;&iacute;a de Minas Buenaventura S.A.A.</P>
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