Minera Yanacocha SRL

Newmont Mining Corporation’s 51.35%-owned subsidiary, Minera Yanacocha S.R.L., is still named a defendant in lawsuits filed by Peruvian citizens on the elemental mercury spill incident in Choropampa, Peru.

In June 2000, a transport contractor of Yanacocha spilled about 151 kilograms of…

Newmont Mining Corporation continues to believe that the mining rights of its 51.35%-owned subsidiary, Minera Yanacocha S.R.L. (Yanacocha), will be upheld, the Company said in its Quarterly Report for the period ended Sept. 30, 2008.

Yanacocha is involved in a dispute…