Our People

Our People	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Employees	14,816	15,228	15,154	14,294	14,917
Contractors	18,168	16,083	18,737	15,161	16,990
Total Workforce	32,984	31,311	33,891	29,455	31,907

Note: Employee and contractor numbers include personnel from operating sites only, not including exploration or closure sites.

Employees	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australia	1,584	1,118	1,217	1,636
Ghana	1,491	1,847	1,675	1,766
Indonesia	4,390	4,242	4,190	4,056
New Zealand	127	135	135	134
Peru	3,077	3,156	3,053	3,375
United States	3,943	4,066	4,024	3,950
Total	15,228	15,154	14,294	14,917

Contractors	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australia	1,387	4,223	2,603	1,645
Ghana	639	2,285	2,156	2,967
Indonesia	4,358	4,409	4,279	4,828
New Zealand	211	196	215	252
Peru	7,721	6,141	4,979	6,468
United States	962	984	929	830
Total	16,083	18,737	15,161	16,990

Employment Type	2010
Part Time	< 0.01%	45
Full Time	> 99.99%	14,872

Gender	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Male	89%	89%	89%	89%	89%
Female	11%	11%	11%	11%	11%

Work Force Breakdown: Average male and female salaries by employee type (USD) 2010
	Female Employees	Average Female Salary	Average Male Salary
Senior Management/Executive	19	$210,181	$268,853
Management	201	$84,331	$69,067
Non-Management	738	$55,514	$60,812
Hourly/non-exempt Wages	715	$41,009	$29,295
Totals	1,673	$54,654	$42,414

Percentage of Management and Governance Bodies That Are Female	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Board of Directors	15%	17%	15%	17%	17%
Senior Management	10%	9%	12%	13%	14%
Middle Management	12%	11%	12%	13%	10%
Frontline Management	11%	11%	13%	13%

Note: To more accurately represent Human Resources data, Newmont changed its employee categories to Board of Directors, Senior Management, Management and Non-management. Hence, in 2010, the middle and frontline managers were combined.

2010 Employee Breakdown	Expat	National	Local
Employees	216	9,792	4,909
Contractors	142	7,187	9,661

Employee Turnover in 2010	Employee Initiated	Total
Australia	15%	19%
Ghana	3%	12%
Indonesia	1%	2%
New Zealand	4%	11%
Peru	2%	3%
USA	5%	8%

Annual Employee Turnover	Employee Initiated	Total
Total 2010	3.86%	6.85%
Total 2009	4.39%	9.61%
Total 2008	6%	10%
Total 2007	8%	13%
Total 2006	7%	10%

2010 Employee Turnover By Age Group
Total Turnover by Age Group < 30	276
Total Turnover by Age Group < 30 %	1.93%
Total Turnover by Age Group 30 to 50	510
Total Turnover by Age Group 30 to 50 %	3.56%
Total Turnover by Age Group 51+	195
Total Turnover by Age Group 51+ %	1.36%

Employee Turnover in 2010	Total
Total Males	776
Total Females	205

Percentage of Employees Unionized or Covered by a Representative Body or Workplace Agreement, by Country	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Australia	12%	57%	78%	69%	34%
Ghana	91%	62%	86%	92%	79%
Indonesia	71%	73%	76%	98%	82%
New Zealand	24%	27%	17%	25%	25%
Peru	20%	24%	21%	23%	21%
USA	35%	37%	34%	33%	32%
Total Covered	47%	49%	60%	60%	49%

Minimum Notice Periods
Minimum notice period for communicating operational changes (Weeks)	4.0
Number of sites with collective bargaining agreements	7.0
Number of sites with specified notice periods in collective agreements	4.0

2010 Summary of Employee Strikes/Walkouts
Site	# of Incidents	Max Incident Length	Description
Ahafo	2	5 Hours	On 30/12/2010 the morning crew of G4S refused to go to work over conditions of service and an unfavorable response to a petition they had addressed to the G4S management.
Batu Hijau	2	4 Days	Some employee strikes at Adm 3 Town Site due to overtime issues.
Waihi	1	5 Days	No agreement reached between union & HWE Management during negotiations for collective agreement.

Training and Development	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Total (Million US$)	$10.40	$14.20	$8.20	$15.02	$13.70
Total (Hours)	780,739	608,906	829,608	925,396	816,838

Average Hours of Training Per Year, Per Employee By Employee Category	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Senior Management	45	20	15	12	30
Middle Management	40	40	42	67	27
Frontline Management	81	43	44	38	30
Technical Professional	101	60	88	107	60
Hourly	35	33	47	60	50

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