EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 8-K/A (this "Amendment") amends and restates Exhibit 99.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of Newmont Mining Corporation (the "Company") furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 22, 2013 (the "Original Report"). This Amendment corrects grades reported in the line item for Boddington, Western Australia in the table entitled "Attributable Copper Reserves U.S. Units" reported in the news release, dated February 21, 2013, reporting 2012 reserves, 2012 exploration highlights and 2013 planned exploration activity (the "News Release"), which was attached to the Original Report as Exhibit 99.2. Specifically, the grades for Boddington, Western Australia are corrected by this Amendment from the originally reported 0.29%, 0.18% and 0.20% for "Proven Reserves," "Probable Reserves" and "Proven + Probable Reserves," respectively, to 0.10%, 0.11% and 0.11%, respectively. This Amendment also corrects the tonnage reported for "Proven + Probable Reserves" at December 31, 2011 for the "Total South America," "Total Asia Pacific" and "Total Newmont Worldwide" line items in the table entitled "Attributable Copper Reserves Metric Units" from U.S. units to metric units. Except for the above mentioned corrections, this Amendment does not update, modify or amend the Original Report or News Release. All other information included in the Original Report and New Release remains unchanged. All references in the Original Report to the News Release and Exhibit 99.2 shall hereinafter be deemed to refer to the News Release furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Amendment. Except for such correction, this Amendment does not update, modify or amend the Original Report. All other information included in the Original Report and the related earnings presentation made by the Company on February 22, 2013 remains unchanged. All references in the Original Report to the News Release and Exhibit 99.2 shall hereinafter be deemed to refer to the News Release furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Amendment.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number   Description of Exhibit

99.2             News Release, dated February 21, 2013, reporting 2012 reserves,
                 2012 exploration highlights and 2013 planned exploration
                 activity