Newmont Mining : Announces First Quarter Operating and Financial Results

Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) (“Newmont” or “the Company”) announced first quarter earnings, including $628 million in operating cash flow, and production in line with guidance.

• Net income: Achieved net income attributable to shareholders from continuing operations of $175 million, or $0.35 per share, compared to $117 million or $0.23 per share the prior year quarter; adjusted net income¹ was $229 million, or $0.46 per basic share, compared to $121 million or $0.24 per share the prior year quarter
• Consolidated cash flow: Generated cash from continuing operations of $628 million and free cash flow² from continuing operations of $344 million, compared to $183 million and $(52) million the prior year quarter
• Consolidated adjusted EBITDA³: Delivered adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) of $815 million in the first quarter, compared to $493 million in the prior year quarter
• All-in sustaining costs (“AISC”)⁴: Gold and copper AISC was $849 per ounce and $1.73 per pound, respectively, compared with $1,034 per ounce and $3.67 per pound, respectively, in the prior year quarter
• Costs applicable to sales (“CAS”): Reported gold and copper CAS of $609 per ounce and $1.33 per pound, respectively, compared with $751 per ounce and $2.71 per pound, respectively, in the prior year quarter
• Attributable production: Delivered 1.21 million ounces and 37,000 tonnes of attributable gold and copper production, respectively, compared to 1.21 million ounces and 24,000 tonnes, respectively, in the prior year quarter
• Outlook: Maintaining full year 2015 outlook⁵ between 4.6 and 4.9 million attributable ounces of gold, at CAS between $660 and $710 per ounce and AISC between $960 and $1,020 per ounce
• Portfolio: Recently announced Long Canyon Phase 1 represents upside to previous long-term guidance including annual production of between 100,000 to 150,000 ounces at below average CAS and AISC
• Shareholder Returns: Declared a first quarter dividend of $0.025 per share in accordance with the Company’s gold price-linked dividend policy⁶

“Newmont had a strong start to the year despite lower metal prices. We generated 50% higher earnings on 18% lower all-in sustaining costs compared with the first quarter of 2014,” said Gary Goldberg, President and Chief Executive Officer. “Free cash flow increased by nearly $400 million compared to the first quarter of 2014, benefiting from higher grades, favorable oil price and exchange rates, and some delayed capital we expect to spend later this year. Our stronger cash flow and non-core asset sales have allowed us to reduce net debt by $1.4 billion over the last year while funding our Merian project in Suriname and the Long Canyon project in Nevada. The first phase of development at Long Canyon will open a highly prospective new gold district that builds on our 50 years of expertise and infrastructure in Nevada.”

¹ Non-GAAP measure. See page 10 for reconciliation to net income.

² Non-GAAP measure. See page 11 for reconciliation.

³ Non-GAAP measure. See page 10 to11 for reconciliation.

⁴ Non-GAAP measure; see pages 13 to 16 for reconciliation.

⁵ Outlook constitutes forward-looking statements, which are subject to risk and uncertainties. See Cautionary Note on page 18. See note (b) on page 5 for information on how AISC outlook, which is a non-GAAP metric, is calculated.

⁶ Such policy is non-binding; declaration of future dividends remains subject to approval and discretion of the Board of Directors.

First Quarter Summary Results

Net income attributable to shareholders from continuing operations was $175 million, or $0.35 per basic share, up 50 percent compared to the first quarter of 2014. Adjusted net income was $229 million, or $0.46 per basic share, almost double the prior year quarter. Strong production, continued cost containment and some delayed spending were primary contributors to this performance.

Consolidated cash flow from continuing operations was $628 million in the first quarter, a three-fold increase from the prior year quarter. Free cash flow was $344 million in the first quarter, a $396 million improvement over first quarter 2014. The Company held $2.6 billion of consolidated cash on its balance sheet, up 8% from the prior year quarter. During the quarter the Company pre-paid $200 million towards its existing term loan. Net debt at the end of the quarter was $3.9 billion versus $5.3 billion a year earlier.⁷

Revenue totaled $2.0 billion compared to $1.8 billion in the first quarter of 2014 due primarily to higher copper production and sales at Batu Hijau. During the first quarter of 2015, Batu Hijau operated and shipped at full capacity, whereas the prior year quarter was impacted by the temporary export ban.

Average realized gold and copper price was $1,203 per ounce and $2.34 per pound, respectively, compared with $1,293 per ounce and $2.50 per pound, respectively, in the prior year quarter.

Attributable gold production totaled 1.21 million ounces, equal to the first quarter of 2014, with higher production from Batu Hijau, Twin Creeks and Yanacocha offsetting lower production at KCGM and asset sales. Newmont has generated more than $1.4 billion dollars in asset sales since 2013 while maintaining attributable gold production. Attributable copper production totaled 37,000 tonnes compared to 24,000 tonnes in the year ago period due to higher grade phase 6 ore at Batu Hijau in Indonesia.

Gold and copper AISC was $849 per ounce and $1.73 per pound, respectively, compared with $1,034 per ounce and $3.67 per pound, respectively, in the prior year quarter. Gold and copper CAS were $609 per ounce and $1.33 per pound, respectively, compared with $751 per ounce and $2.71 per pound, respectively, in the first quarter of 2014. Unit costs benefitted from lower direct operating costs derived from cost and efficiency improvements, lower fuel prices and a favorable Australian dollar exchange rate.

Capital expenditures for the first quarter were $284 million, including $156 million of sustaining capital. Development capital was primarily spent on constructing Merian in Suriname in the first quarter. Lower overall capital spend in the quarter was due to timing and levels are expected to remain within guidance for the year.

⁷ Non-GAAP measure. See page 11-12 for reconciliation.

2015 – 2017 OUTLOOK

Newmont remains on track to meet its full year 2015 outlook for gold and copper production, CAS and AISC. Total 2015 CAS and AISC are unchanged, but the Company’s revised outlook reflects a three percent reduction in Asia Pacific region costs, offsetting an increase in Africa costs. Boddington and Tanami CAS and AISC outlook for 2015 are lower than previous estimates due primarily to lower Australian dollar exchange rates and oil prices. In Africa, Akyem CAS outlook for 2015 is also improved due to ongoing cost and efficiency improvements. The updated 2015 outlook includes increased capital spending for Long Canyon and additional power generation units at Ahafo and Akyem to mitigate ongoing load shedding in Ghana. As a result, 2015 AISC outlook is unchanged at Akyem and up slightly at Ahafo.

Newmont continues to expect 2016 and 2017 gold and copper production, CAS, AISC and sustaining capital outlook to remain unchanged from previous guidance, excluding the positive impact of Long Canyon Phase 1 announced earlier this month.

Debt – As previously announced, at $1,200 per ounce gold, Newmont could fund its most promising growth projects and potentially prepay $750 million in debt in 2015 from cash flow and existing cash balances. During the first quarter, Newmont elected to prepay $200 million towards its existing term loan and will continue to analyze opportunities to pay our liabilities in advance, including the PTNNT project debt facility, other regional and corporate debt and potential term loan prepayments.

Projects Update

Waihi Correnso achieved commercial production in Q1 2015 and construction is expected to be completed in mid-2015 at a total capital cost of approximately $30 to $40 million. The new Correnso underground mine extends the life of Waihi and provides a drilling platform for other high grade veins.

The Turf Vent Shaft is expected to achieve commercial production in late 2015, adding approximately 100,000 to 150,000 ounces of annual production to Leeville. The shaft provides ventilation required to increase production and decrease mine costs over the 11 year mine life at Leeville. Capital costs for the project are estimated at between $350 and $400 million, of which approximately $70 to $80 million will be spent in 2015.

Merian is moving ahead on schedule and on budget. Merian will give Newmont a foothold in a prospective new district with significant upside potential. Gold production is expected to average between 400,000 and 500,000 ounces on a 100 percent basis during the first five years at a cost applicable to sales of $575 to $675 per ounce, and all-in sustaining cost of between $650 and $750 per ounce (unescalated). Capital costs for the project are estimated at between $600 and $700 million for Newmont’s 75 percent share. Newmont’s capital expenditure is expected to be between $330 million and $360 million in 2015 and between $150 million and $190 million in 2016. The project is scheduled for start-up in late 2016.

Long Canyon Phase 1 is now under construction and is expected to achieve commercial production in the first half of 2017. This first phase of development consists of an open pit mine and heap leach operation with production of between 100,000 and 150,000 ounces per year over an eight year mine life. Estimated average costs applicable to sales are expected to be between $400 and $500 per ounce and all-in sustaining costs of between $500 and $600 per ounce over the life of the mine, in the first quartile for gold production. Total capital costs for the project are estimated at between $250 and $300 million allocated roughly evenly in 2015 and 2016 with minimal spending in 2017.

The Tanami Expansion Project and Ahafo Mill Expansion represent additional upside not currently included in the 2015 – 2017 outlook.

Tanami Expansion Project includes constructing a second decline in the mine and building incremental capacity in the plant to increase profitable production and serve as a platform for exploration drilling to support future expansion. For a capital cost of between $100 and $120 million, the project would add incremental gold production of 100,000 to 125,000 ounces (first five year average) at lower costs and increase mine life by three years. If approved later this year, additional production would come on line in 2017.

Ahafo Mill Expansion would increase profitable production by 100,000 to 125,000 ounces (first five year average) while lowering costs and off-setting the impacts of lower grades and harder ore. Capital costs are expected to be between $140 and $160 million. If approved in the second half of 2015, the additional production would be expected in 2017.

^a2015 Outlook projections used in this release (“Outlook”) are considered “forward-looking statements” and represent management’s good faith estimates or expectations of future production results as of the date hereof. Outlook is based upon certain assumptions, including, but not limited to, metal prices, oil prices, certain exchange rates and other assumptions. For example, 2015 Outlook assumes $1,200/oz Au, $2.75/lb Cu, $0.85 USD/AUD exchange rate and $75/barrel WTI. AISC and CAS cost estimates do not include inflation. Such assumptions may prove to be incorrect and actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. Consequently, Outlook cannot be guaranteed. As such, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon Outlook and forward-looking statements as there can be no assurance that the plans, assumptions or expectations upon which they are placed will occur.

^bNon-GAAP measure. All-in sustaining costs as used in the Company’s Outlook is a non-GAAP metric defined as the sum of cost applicable to sales (including all direct and indirect costs related to current gold production incurred to execute on the current mine plan), remediation costs (including operating accretion and amortization of asset retirement costs), G&A, exploration expense, advanced projects and R&D, treatment and refining costs, other expense, net of one-time adjustments and sustaining capital.

^cIncludes Lone Tree operations.

^dIncludes TRJV operations.

^eBoth consolidated and attributable production are shown on a pro-rata basis with a 50% ownership for Kalgoorlie.

^fConsolidated production for Yanacocha is presented on a total production basis for the mine site; attributable production represents a 51.35% interest.

^gLa Zanja and Duketon are not included in the consolidated figures above; attributable production figures are presented based upon a 46.94% ownership interest at La Zanja and a 19.45% ownership interest in Duketon.

^hConsolidated production for Batu Hijau is presented on a total production basis for the mine site; whereas attributable production represents a 48.5% ownership interest in 2015 outlook (assumes completion of the remaining share divestiture in the first half of 2016 for ownership of 44.5625%). Outlook for Batu Hijau remains subject to various factors, including, without limitation, renegotiation of the CoW, issuance of future export approvals following the expiration of the six-month permit, negotiations with the labor union, future in-country smelting availability and regulations relating to export quotas, and certain other factors.

ⁱConsolidated expense outlook is adjusted to exclude extraordinary items. For example, the tax rate outlook above is a consolidated adjusted rate, which assumes the exclusion of certain tax valuation allowance adjustments.

(1) Excludes Depreciation and amortization and Reclamation and remediation.

⁽¹⁾ On October 6, 2014, the Company sold its 44% interest in La Herradura.
⁽²⁾ The Jundee mine was sold July 1, 2014.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Non-GAAP financial measures are intended to provide additional information only and do not have any standard meaning prescribed by generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). These measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted net income (loss)

Management of the Company uses Adjusted net income (loss) to evaluate the Company’s operating performance, and for planning and forecasting future business operations. The Company believes the use of Adjusted net income (loss) allows investors and analysts to compare results of the continuing operations of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries relating to the production and sale of minerals to similar operating results of other mining companies, by excluding exceptional or unusual items. The net income (loss) adjustments are presented net of tax generally at Company’s statutory effective tax rate of 35% and net of our partners’ noncontrolling interests when applicable. The corollary impact of the adjustments through the Company’s Valuation allowance is shown separately. Management’s determination of the components of Adjusted net income (loss) are evaluated periodically and based, in part, on a review of non-GAAP financial measures used by mining industry analysts. Net income (loss) attributable to Newmont stockholders is reconciled to Adjusted net income (loss) as follows:

Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (“EBITDA”)

We also present adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("adjusted EBITDA") as a non-GAAP measure. Our management uses adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted share and adjusted EBITDA as measures of operating performance to assist in comparing performance from period to period on a consistent basis; as a measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating actual results against such expectations; in communications with the board of directors, stockholders, analysts and investors concerning our financial performance; as useful comparisons to the performance of our competitors; and as metrics of certain management incentive compensation calculations. We believe that adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted share and adjusted EBITDA are used by and are useful to investors and other users of our financial statements in evaluating our operating performance because they provide an additional tool to evaluate our performance without regard to special and non-core items, which can vary substantially from company to company depending upon accounting methods and book value of assets and capital structure. We have provided reconciliations of all non-GAAP measures to their nearest U.S. GAAP measures and have consistently applied the adjustments within our reconciliations in arriving at each non-GAAP measure. These adjustments consist of special items from our U.S. GAAP financial statements as well as other non-core items, such as property, plant and mine development impairments, restructuring costs, gains and losses on sales of asset sales, abnormal production costs and transaction/acquisition costs included in our U.S. GAAP results that warrant adjustment to arrive at non-GAAP results. We consider these items to be necessary adjustments for purposes of evaluating our ongoing business performance and are often considered non-recurring. Such adjustments are subjective and involve significant management judgment.

Management of the Company uses Earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and EBITDA adjusted for non-core or unusual items (“Adjusted EBITDA”) as non-GAAP measures to evaluate the Company’s operating performance. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are non-U.S. GAAP measures. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not represent, and should not be considered an alternative to, net earnings (loss), operating earnings (loss), or cash flow from operations as those terms are defined by GAAP, and does not necessarily indicate whether cash flows will be sufficient to fund cash needs. Although Adjusted EBITDA and similar measures are frequently used as measures of operations and the ability to meet debt service requirements by other companies, our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to such other similarly titled captions of other companies. The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors. Management’s determination of the components of Adjusted EBITDA are evaluated periodically and based, in part, on a review of non-GAAP financial measures used by mining industry analysts. Net income (loss) attributable to Newmont stockholders is reconciled to Earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization and Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization as follows:

Free Cash Flow

Free cash flow is cash generated from Net cash provided from continuing operations less Additions to property, plant and mine development as presented on the Statement of Cash Flows. To supplement our statements of cash flows presented on a GAAP basis, we use non-GAAP measures of cash flows to analyze cash flows generated from our operations. We believe free cash flow is also useful as one of the bases for comparing our performance with our competitors. The presentation of non-GAAP free cash flow is not meant to be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income as an indicator of our performance, or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity.Net cash provided from continuing operations is reconciled to Free cash flow as follows:

Net Debt

Net debt is defined as current maturities of long-term Debt plus long-term Debt less Cash and cash equivalents included in the historical Consolidated Balance Sheets. We use Net debt as a supplemental non-GAAP measure of our leverage as a means to evaluate our ability to repay our indebtedness and to measure the risk of our financial structure. This non-GAAP measure should not be considered as an alternative to total debt, total liabilities or any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP. Net debt is calculated as follows:

⁽¹⁾ Refer to Newmont’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 filed April 24, 2014 for Debt and Cash and cash equivalents in the historical Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Costs applicable to sales per ounce/pound

Costs applicable to sales per ounce/pound are non-GAAP financial measures. These measures are calculated by dividing the costs applicable to sales of gold and copper by gold ounces or copper pounds sold, respectively. These measures are calculated on a consistent basis for the periods presented on a consolidated basis. Costs applicable to sales per ounce/pound statistics are intended to provide additional information only and do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. The measures are not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flow from operations as determined under GAAP. Other companies may calculate these measures differently.

The following tables reconcile these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Costs applicable to sales per ounce

(1) Includes by-product credits of $14 in the first quarter 2015 and $19 in the first quarter of 2014.

Costs applicable to sales per pound

(1) Includes by-product credits of $6 in the first quarter of 2015 and $4 in the first quarter of 2014.

All-In Sustaining Costs

Newmont has worked to develop a metric that expands on GAAP measures such as cost of goods sold and non-GAAP measures to provide visibility into the economics of our mining operations related to expenditures, operating performance and the ability to generate cash flow from operations.

Current GAAP-measures used in the mining industry, such as cost of goods sold, do not capture all of the expenditures incurred to discover, develop, and sustain gold production. Therefore, we believe that all-in sustaining costs is a non-GAAP measure that provides additional information to management, investors, and analysts that aid in the understanding of the economics of our operations and performance compared to other producers and in the investor’s visibility by better defining the total costs associated with production.

All-in sustaining cost (“AISC”) amounts are intended to provide additional information only and do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. The measures are not necessarily indicative of operating profit or cash flow from operations as determined under GAAP. Other companies may calculate these measures differently as a result of differences in the underlying accounting principles, policies applied and in accounting frameworks such as in International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), or by reflecting the benefit from selling non-gold metals as a reduction to AISC. Differences may also arise related to definitional differences of sustaining versus development capital activities based upon each company’s internal policies.

The following disclosure provides information regarding the adjustments made in determining the all-in sustaining costs measure:

Cost Applicable to Sales - Includes all direct and indirect costs related to current gold production incurred to execute the current mine plan. Costs Applicable to Sales (“CAS”) includes by-product credits from certain metals obtained during the process of extracting and processing the primary ore-body. CAS is accounted for on an accrual basis and excludes Amortization and Reclamation and remediation, which is consistent with our presentation of CAS on the Statement of Consolidated Income. In determining AISC, only the CAS associated with producing and selling an ounce of gold is included in the measure. Therefore, the amount of gold CAS included in AISC is derived from the CAS presented in the Company’s Statement of Consolidated Income less the amount of CAS attributable to the production of copper at our Phoenix, Boddington and Batu Hijau mines. The copper CAS at those mine sites is disclosed in Note 3 – Segments that accompanies the Consolidated Financial Statements. The allocation of CAS between gold and copper at the Phoenix, Boddington and Batu Hijau mines is based upon the relative sales percentage of copper and gold sold during the period.

Remediation Costs - Includes accretion expense related to asset retirement obligations (“ARO”) and the amortization of the related Asset Retirement Cost (“ARC”) for the Company’s operating properties recorded as an ARC asset. Accretion related to ARO and the amortization of the ARC assets for reclamation and remediation do not reflect annual cash outflows but are calculated in accordance with GAAP. The accretion and amortization reflect the periodic costs of reclamation and remediation associated with current gold production and are therefore included in the measure. The allocation of these costs to gold and copper is determined using the same allocation used in the allocation of CAS between gold and copper at the Phoenix, Boddington and Batu Hijau mines.

Advanced Projects and Exploration - Includes incurred expenses related to projects that are designed to increase or enhance current gold production and gold exploration. We note that as current resources are depleted, exploration and advance projects are necessary for us to replace the depleting reserves or enhance the recovery and processing of the current reserves. As this relates to sustaining our gold production, and is considered a continuing cost of a mining company, these costs are included in the AISC measure. These costs are derived from the Advanced projects, research and development and Exploration amounts presented in the Company’s Statement of Consolidated Income less the amount attributable to the production of copper at our Phoenix, Boddington and Batu Hijau mines. The allocation of these costs to gold and copper is determined using the same allocation used in the allocation of CAS between gold and copper at the Batu Hijau, Boddington and Phoenix mines.

General and Administrative - Includes cost related to administrative tasks not directly related to current gold production, but rather related to support our corporate structure and fulfilling our obligations to operate as a public company. Including these expenses in the AISC metric provides visibility of the impact that general and administrative activities have on current operations and profitability on a per ounce basis.

Other Expense, net - Includes costs related to regional administration and community development to support current gold production. We exclude certain exceptional or unusual expenses from Other expense, net, such as restructuring, as these are not indicative to sustaining our current gold operations. Furthermore, this adjustment to Other expense, net is also consistent with the nature of the adjustments made to Net income (loss) as disclosed in the Company’s non-GAAP financial measure Adjusted net income (loss). The allocation of these costs to gold and copper is determined using the same allocation used in the allocation of CAS between gold and copper at the Phoenix, Boddington and Batu Hijau mines.

Treatment and Refining Costs - Includes costs paid to smelters for treatment and refining of our concentrates to produce the salable precious metal. These costs are presented net as a reduction of Sales.

Sustaining Capital - We determined sustaining capital as those capital expenditures that are necessary to maintain current gold production and execute the current mine plan. Capital expenditures to develop new operations, or related to projects at existing operations where these projects will enhance gold production or reserves, are considered development. We determined the breakout of sustaining and development capital costs based on a systematic review of our project portfolio in light of the nature of each project. Sustaining capital costs are relevant to the AISC metric as these are needed to maintain the Company’s current gold operations and provide improved transparency related to our ability to finance these expenditures from current operations. The allocation of these costs to gold and copper is determined using the same allocation used in the allocation of CAS between gold and copper at the Batu Hijau, Boddington and Phoenix mines.

Conference Call Information

A conference call will be held on Friday, April 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (8:00 a.m. Mountain Time); it will also be carried on the Company's website.

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The first quarter 2015 results and related financial and statistical information will be available after the market close on Thursday April 23, 2015 on the “Investor Relations” section of the Company’s website, www.newmont.com. Additionally, the conference call will be archived for a limited time on the Company’s website.

Investors are reminded to refer to the Investor Briefcase on www.newmont.com, which contains operating statistics, MD&A and other relevant financial information.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements, Including Outlook:

This release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the safe harbor created by such sections and other applicable laws. Such forward-looking statements may include, without limitation: (i) estimates of future consolidated and attributable production and sales; (ii) estimates of future costs applicable to sales and All-in sustaining costs; (iii) estimates of future consolidated and attributable capital expenditures; (iv) our efforts to continue delivering reduced costs and efficiency; (v) expectations regarding the development, growth and exploration potential of the Company’s projects, including the Turf Vent Shaft, Merian, Long Canyon Phase 1, the Tanami Expansion and the Ahafo Mill Expansion; (vi) expectations regarding the repayment of debt from cash flows and existing cash; and (vii) expectations regarding future price assumptions, financial performance and other outlook or guidance. Estimates or expectations of future events or results are based upon certain assumptions, which may prove to be incorrect. Such assumptions, include, but are not limited to: (i) there being no significant change to current geotechnical, metallurgical, hydrological and other physical conditions; (ii) permitting, development, operations and expansion of the Company’s operations and projects being consistent with current expectations and mine plans, including without limitation receipt of export approvals; (iii) political developments in any jurisdiction in which the Company operates being consistent with its current expectations; (iv) certain exchange rate assumptions for the Australian dollar to the U.S. dollar, as well as other the exchange rates being approximately consistent with current levels; (v) certain price assumptions for gold, copper and oil; (vi) prices for key supplies being approximately consistent with current levels; (vii) the accuracy of our current mineral reserve and mineralized material estimates; (viii) the acceptable outcome of negotiation of the amendment to the Contract of Work and/or resolution of export issues in Indonesia other assumptions noted herein. Where the Company expresses or implies an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, such statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by the “forward-looking statements”. Such risks include, but are not limited to, gold and other metals price volatility, currency fluctuations, increased production costs and variances in ore grade or recovery rates from those assumed in mining plans, political and operational risks, community relations, conflict resolution and outcome of projects or oppositions and governmental regulation and judicial outcomes. For a more detailed discussion of such risks and other factors, see the Company’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed on February 20, 2015, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the Company’s other SEC filings. The Company does not undertake any obligation to release publicly revisions to any “forward-looking statement,” including, without limitation, outlook, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this news release, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Investors should not assume that any lack of update to a previously issued “forward-looking statement” constitutes a reaffirmation of that statement. Continued reliance on “forward-looking statements” is at investors' own risk.

Investors are reminded that this news release should be read in conjunction with Newmont’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about April 23, 2015 (available at www.newmont.com).