SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

April 21, 2011

Newmont Mining Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-31240
(Commission File Number)

84-1611629
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.

6363 South Fiddlers Green Circle, Greenwood Village, CO  80111
(Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

(303) 863-7414
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
 
 
 

 

 
ITEM 2.02  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION
 
On April 21, 2011, Newmont Mining Corporation, a Delaware corporation, issued a news release reporting its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.  A copy of the news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

 
ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number 
Description of Exhibit

99.1
News Release, dated April 21, 2011

 
 
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SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Jeffrey K. Reeser  
  Name: Jeffrey K. Reeser  
  Title: Title: Vice President and Secretary  
       

Dated:  April 21, 2011
 
 
 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 

Exhibit Number 
Description of Exhibit

99.1
News Release, dated April 21, 2011

 
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