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                  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                       FORM 144
  
                  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO
                     RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ================================================================================
                                    SEC USE ONLY
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.             CUSIP NUMBER               WORK LOCATION
  
  
  ================================================================================
  
  ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form  concurrently  with either
  placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with
  a market maker.
  ================================================================================
  1(a)       NAME OF ISSUER
  NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(b)       IRS IDENT. NO.
  84-1611629
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(c)       S.E.C. FILE NO.
  001-31240
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(d)       ADDRESS OF ISSUER (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE)
  6363 South Fiddlers Green Circle
  Circle Greenwood Village CO 80111
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(e)       TELEPHONE NO.
             AREA CODE          NUMBER
   303 863-7414
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(a)       NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  Brant Hinze
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(b)       RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  Senior Vice President
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(c)       ADDRESS (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE)
  
  6363 South Fiddlers Green Circle
  Greenwood Village, CO  80111
  ================================================================================
  
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should  contact the issuer to obtain
  the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  <PAGE>
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                                    (b)
                                    Name and Address of
  3(a)                              Each Broker Through                SEC USE ONLY        (c)                    (d)
  Title of the                      Whom the Securities                                    Number of Shares       Aggregate Market
  Class of                          are to be Offered or               Broker-Dealer       or Other Units To      Value
  Securities                        Each Market Maker who is           File Number         Be Sold                (See instr. 3(d))
  To Be Sold                        Acquiring the Securities                               (See instr. 3(c))
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                               <C>                                <C>                 <C>                    <C>
  (1)  COMMON           THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.,                                          5,236                  $272,272
       STOCK            100 VANGUARD BLVD., MALVERN, PA 19355
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (2)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (3)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ====================================================================================================================================
  
  <PAGE>
  <CAPTION>
  3(a)                              (e)                    (f)                          (g)
  Title of the                      Number of Shares       Approximate                  Name of Each
  Class of                          or Other Units         Date of Sale                 Securities Exchange
  Securities                        Outstanding            See instr. 3(f))             (See instr. 3(g))
  To Be Sold                        (See instr. 3(e))      (MO./DAY/YR.)
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                              <C>                      <C>                          <C>
  (1)                              480,405,625               11-20-09                     NYSE
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (2)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (3)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ====================================================================================================================================
  </TABLE>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1.   (a)  Name of issuer
       (b)  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
       (c)  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
       (d)  Issuer's address, including zip code
       (e)  Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2.   (a)  Name of person for whose account the  securities  are to be sold
       (b)  Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
            stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
       (c)  Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3.   (a)  Title of the class of securities to be sold
       (b)  Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are
            intended to be sold
       (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give
            the aggregate face amount)
       (d)  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
            date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
       (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
            securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
            recent report or statement published by the issuer
       (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
       (g)  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
            intended to be sold
  
  Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
  in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
  valid OMB control number.
  
  <PAGE>
  <TABLE>
                                                    TABLE I -- SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
                                Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
                             securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
                                             purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  ====================================================================================================================================
  <CAPTION>
                                                                    Name of Person
                                                                    from Whom Acquired    Amount of
  Title of                    Date you    Nature of                 (If gift, also give   Securities     Date of
  the Class                   Acquired    Acquisition Transaction   date donor acquired)  Acquired       Payment     Nature of Payment
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                         <C>         <C>                            <C>                   <C>            <C>         <C>
  (1) COMMON STOCK      1-10-2001       Granted pursuant to 401-K Plan    NEWMONT MINING      5,236    1-10-2001 to      Services
                        to 11-20-2009   and Savings Equalization Plan     CORPORATION                  11-20-2009        rendered
                                        contributions.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (2)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (3)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ====================================================================================================================================
  </TABLE>
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
       If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
       cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
       nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
       note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
       the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
       in full or the last installment paid.
  
  <PAGE>
  <TABLE>
  
                                          TABLE II -- SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
                                      Furnish the following information as to all securities of the
                                issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
                                                       securities are to be sold.
  ====================================================================================================================================
  <CAPTION>
                                                                                      Amount of
    Name and Address of Seller         Title of Securities Sold      Date of Sale     Securities Sold         Gross Proceeds
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  <S>                                     <C>                           <C>              <C>                     <C>
  (1)  Brant Hinze                         Common Stock                 11-13-2009        1,875                  $51,281
       6363 South Fiddler's Green Circle   Common Stock                 11-13-2009        4,000                  $108,120
       Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (2)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (3)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ====================================================================================================================================
  </TABLE>
  
  REMARKS:
  
  
  
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
  be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed.
  
  11-20-2009                  /s/  Jeffrey K. Reeser, as Attorney-in-Fact for
                                        Brant Hinze
  ---------------------       ------------------------------------------------
  DATE OF NOTICE              (SIGNATURE)
  
                This notice shall be signed by the person for whose
                   account the securities are to be sold. At least
                  one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
                   Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed
                               or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION:  Intentional  misstatements or omission of facts  constitute  Federal
  Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
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                  UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                       FORM 144
  
                  NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO
                     RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
  ================================================================================
                                    SEC USE ONLY
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.             CUSIP NUMBER               WORK LOCATION
  
  ================================================================================
  
  ATTENTION:  Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form  concurrently  with either
  placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with
  a market maker.
  ================================================================================
  1(a)       NAME OF ISSUER
  NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(b)       IRS IDENT. NO.
  84-1611629
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(c)       S.E.C. FILE NO.
  001-31240
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(d)       ADDRESS OF ISSUER (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE)
  6363 South Fiddlers Green Circle
  Circle Greenwood Village CO 80111
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1(e)       TELEPHONE NO.
             AREA CODE          NUMBER
   303 863-7414
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(a)       NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
  Brant Hinze
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(b)       RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
  Senior Vice President
  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2(c)       ADDRESS (STREET, CITY, STATE, ZIP CODE)
  
  6363 South Fiddlers Green Circle
  Greenwood Village, CO  80111
  ================================================================================
  
  INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should  contact the issuer to obtain
  the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
  (b)
                                    Name and Address of
  3(a)                              Each Broker Through                SEC USE ONLY        (c)                    (d)
  Title of the                      Whom the Securities                                    Number of Shares       Aggregate Market
  Class of                          are to be Offered or               Broker-Dealer       or Other Units To      Value
  Securities                        Each Market Maker who is           File Number         Be Sold                (See instr. 3(d))
  To Be Sold                        Acquiring the Securities                               (See instr. 3(c))
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (1)  COMMON           THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.,                                          5,236                  $272,272
       STOCK            100 VANGUARD BLVD., MALVERN, PA 19355
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (2)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (3)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ====================================================================================================================================
  3(a)                              (e)                    (f)                          (g)
  Title of the                      Number of Shares       Approximate                  Name of Each
  Class of                          or Other Units         Date of Sale                 Securities Exchange
  Securities                        Outstanding            See instr. 3(f))             (See instr. 3(g))
  To Be Sold                        (See instr. 3(e))      (MO./DAY/YR.)
  
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (1)                              480,405,625               11-20-09                     NYSE
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (2)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (3)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ====================================================================================================================================
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  1.   (a)  Name of issuer
       (b)  Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
       (c)  Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
       (d)  Issuer's address, including zip code
       (e)  Issuer's telephone number, including area code
  
  2.   (a)  Name of person for whose account the  securities  are to be sold
       (b)  Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
            stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
       (c)  Such person's address, including zip code
  
  3.   (a)  Title of the class of securities to be sold
       (b)  Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are
            intended to be sold
       (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give
            the aggregate face amount)
       (d)  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
            date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
       (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
            securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
            recent report or statement published by the issuer
       (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
       (g)  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
            intended to be sold
  
  Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
  in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
  valid OMB control number.
  TABLE I -- SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
  
                                Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
                             securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
                                             purchase price or other consideration therefor:
  ====================================================================================================================================
  Name of Person
                                                                    from Whom Acquired    Amount of
  Title of                    Date you    Nature of                 (If gift, also give   Securities     Date of
  the Class                   Acquired    Acquisition Transaction   date donor acquired)  Acquired       Payment     Nature of Payment
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (1) COMMON STOCK      1-10-2001       Granted pursuant to 401-K Plan    NEWMONT MINING      5,236    1-10-2001 to      Services
                        to 11-20-2009   and Savings Equalization Plan     CORPORATION                  11-20-2009        rendered
                                        contributions.
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (2)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (3)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ====================================================================================================================================
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
       If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in
       cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
       nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any
       note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe
       the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged
       in full or the last installment paid.
  TABLE II -- SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
                                      Furnish the following information as to all securities of the
                                issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the
                                                       securities are to be sold.
  ====================================================================================================================================
  Amount of
    Name and Address of Seller         Title of Securities Sold      Date of Sale     Securities Sold         Gross Proceeds
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (1)  Brant Hinze                         Common Stock                 11-13-2009        1,875                  $51,281
       6363 South Fiddler's Green Circle   Common Stock                 11-13-2009        4,000                  $108,120
       Greenwood Village, CO 80111
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (2)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  (3)
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  ====================================================================================================================================
  REMARKS:
  
  INSTRUCTIONS:
  
  See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
  be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
  sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
  information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
  by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
  person filing this notice.
  
  ATTENTION:
  
  The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to
  be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any
  material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations
  of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly
  disclosed.
  
  11-20-2009                  /s/  Jeffrey K. Reeser, as Attorney-in-Fact for
                                        Brant Hinze
  ---------------------       ------------------------------------------------
  DATE OF NOTICE              (SIGNATURE)
  
                This notice shall be signed by the person for whose
                   account the securities are to be sold. At least
                  one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
                   Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed
                               or printed signatures.
  
  ATTENTION:  Intentional  misstatements or omission of facts  constitute  Federal
  Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)