Edgar Filing: NEWMONT MINING CORP /DE/

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

LASSONDE PIERRE

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
NEWMONT MINING CORP /DE/ [NEM]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Vice Chairman

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

1700 LINCOLN STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
02/16/2007

(Street)

DENVER, CO 80203

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Exchangeable Shares

$ 0

02/16/2007

16,750

02/16/2002

⁽¹⁾

Common Stock

16,750

$ 0

1,532,881 ⁽²⁾

By 1654841 Ontario Inc.

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LASSONDE PIERRE 1700 LINCOLN STREET DENVER, CO 80203	X		Vice Chairman

Signatures

Ardis Young, Assistant Secretary, as attorney-in-fact		02/20/2007
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Exchangeable Shares are shares of stock of Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada Limited, a corporation existing under the laws of Canada & wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer, that are convertible into common stock of the Issuer on a 1 for 1 basis at the option of the holder at any time after 02/16/02, as set forth in the Provisions Attaching to the Exchangeable Shares (the "Provisions") set forth as Appendix 1 to Schedule B of the Arrangement Agreement, dated 11/14/01, between Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation Limited & Newmont Gold Company. Pursuant to a Voting & Exchange Trust Agreement, holders of Exchangeable Shares are entitled to direct the trustee to cast the votes attaching to the shares of the Special Voting Stock of the Issuer held by the trustee, on all matters submitted to the stockholders of the issuer. The Exchangeable Shares remain exchangeable at the option of the holder until redeemed by the Issuer pursuant to, and subject to the conditions of, the Provisioins.
(2)	The Reporting person also holds 878,549 exchangeable shares, by Firelight Investments; and 18,501 exchangeable shares, directly.

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