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):
August 15, 2016

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

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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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On August 15, 2016, Newmont Mining Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), paid down the remaining $275 million balance under the Company’s Term Loan Credit Agreement (the “Term Loan Agreement”), dated as of March 31, 2014, by and among the Company and the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The key terms of the Term Loan Agreement were disclosed on the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated March 31, 2014, as filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2014.  The repayment effectively terminates the Term Loan Agreement with no further outstanding balances remaining thereunder. The repayment did not result in any material early termination penalties incurred by the Company. The repayment results in a lower overall corporate debt position and reduced cash interest expense.

On August 18, 2016, the Company issued a related news release.  A copy of the Company’s news release announcing that it has paid the remaining $275 million balance under the Company’s Term Loan Agreement due in 2019 is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

The information contained in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  

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.

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