UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 3 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person PERRY, RICHARD M. 1700 LINCOLN STREET DENVER, CO 80203 USA 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 5/15/02 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION NEM 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) MANAGING DIRECTOR 6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. Amount of |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect | | Securities | Form: | Beneficial Ownership | | Beneficially | Direct(D) or | | | Owned | Indirect(I) | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock, $1.60 par value |2,226 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |1,214 |I |By 401-K | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Date Exer- |3.Title and Amount | |4. Conver-|5. Owner- |6. Nature of Indirect | Security | cisable and | of Underlying | |sion or |ship | Beneficial Ownership | | Expiration | Securities | |exercise |Form of | | | Date(Month/ |-----------------------|---------|price of |Deriv- | | | Day/Year) | |Amount |deri- |ative | | | Date | Expira- | |or |vative |Security: | | | Exer- | tion | Title |Number of|Security |Direct(D) or | | | cisable | Date | |Shares | |Indirect(I) | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Stock Option (right to b|immed |5/17/04 |Common Stock |313 |$39.50 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|immed |11/16/04 |Common Stock |313 |$40.07 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|immed |5/17/05 |Common Stock |625 |$39.94 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|immed |11/15/05 |Common Stock |1,560 |$40.44 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|immed |5/13/06 |Common Stock |3,120 |$58.94 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|immed |11/20/06 |Common Stock |3,120 |$51.94 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|immed |5/21/07 |Common Stock |2,250 |$37.82 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|immed |11/18/07 |Common Stock |2,500 |$31.75 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|immed |1/27/08 |Common Stock |2,250 |$28.84 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(1) |5/19/08 |Common Stock |4,167 |$28.32 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(2) |11/17/08 |Common Stock |2,500 |$21.69 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(3) |5/18/09 |Common Stock |4,750 |$19.57 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(4) |11/17/09 |Common Stock |3,500 |$22.47 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(5) |5/16/10 |Common Stock |3,500 |$25.44 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(6) |11/14/10 |Common Stock |3,500 |$13.22 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(7) |5/15/11 |Common Stock |6,250 |$21.03 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(8) |11/12/11 |Common Stock |6,250 |$23.67 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to b|(9) |5/14/12 |Common Stock |10,000 |$27.87 |D | | uy) | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 19, 1999. (2) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on November 17, 1999. (3) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 18, 2000. (4) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on November 17, 2000. (5) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 16, 2001. (6) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on November 14, 2001. (7) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 15, 2002. (8) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on November 12, 2002. (9) This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on May 14, 2003. (10) Richard M. Perry has executed a power of attorney, a copy of which has beenpreviously filed, authorizing Britt D. Banks to execute this Form 3 on his behalf. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Richard M. Perry by Britt D. Banks, Attorney-in-Fact (10) DATE May 28, 2002