SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



                                    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):

                                  May 14, 2001

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

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          Delaware                      1-1153                 13-2526632
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(State or Other Jurisdiction   (Commission File Number)  (I.R.S. Employer
       of Incorporation)                                 Identification  Number)

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                   1700 Lincoln Street, Denver, Colorado 80203
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               (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

                                 (303) 863-7414
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)






ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

          In connection with the public  offering by Newmont Mining  Corporation
(the  "Company")  of its 8 5/8% Notes due 2011 (the  "Notes"),  pursuant  to its
Registration  Statements  on  Form  S-3  (File  Nos.  33-54249,   333-59141  and
333-82671), the Company hereby files the materials listed in Item 7 below.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

         1.1      Underwriting  Agreement, dated  May 9, 2001,  relating to the
                  Notes.

         4.1      Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2001, between  the  Company  and
                  Citibank N.A., relating to the Notes.

         4.2      Form of 8 5/8% Note due 2011.








                                   SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of
1934,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



                                       NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION



                                       By:  /s/ Bruce D. Hansen
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                                       Name:   Bruce D. Hansen
                                       Title:  Senior Vice President and Chief
                                               Financial Officer

Dated:  May 14, 2001