8-K

                       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): September 9, 2004

                           NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                                    Delaware
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

                                    001-31240
                            (Commission File Number)

                                   84-1611629
                     (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

                               1700 Lincoln Street
                              Denver, Colorado 8020
              (Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

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

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02--Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers.

On September 9, 2004, the Board of Directors of Newmont Mining Corporation (the
"Company") voted to increase the size of the Board from 12 to 13 members and
elected Donald C. Roth to fill the newly created vacancy. Mr. Roth was not
appointed to serve on any committees of the Board.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Roth and any other persons
pursuant to which he was selected as a director.

There have been no transactions with Newmont that exceed $60,000 in which Mr.
Roth had a direct or indirect interest, per Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

A copy of the news release announcing Mr. Roth's election to the Board of
Directors of the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01--Financial Statements and Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release Announcing Election of New Director



                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities 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
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Name: Bruce D. Hansen
                                                Title: Senior Vice President and
                                                Chief Financial Officer

Dated: September 13, 2004



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.   Description
- -----------   -----------

99.1          News Release Announcing Election of Director

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

                        Newmont Elects New Board Member

    DENVER, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newmont Mining Corporation
(NYSE: NEM) announced the election of Donald C. Roth as an independent member
of the Company's board of directors.  The board is now comprised of
13 members.

    Mr. Roth, 61, is the Managing Partner of Emerging Markets Partnership
(EMP), an international private equity firm.  Prior to co-founding EMP in
1992, he served as Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank for four
years.  Mr. Roth also held a variety of international positions with Merrill
Lynch over 17 years, eventually becoming Chairman and Chief Executive of
Merrill Lynch Europe, Ltd.  Currently, he serves on the Advisory Committee to
the National Treasury Management Agency, which manages the Republic of
Ireland's national debt.  He is also a Commissioner of Ireland's National
Pension Reserve Fund.  In addition, he serves on the Advisory Council of the
John Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
(SAIS).

    Mr. Roth holds a B.A. in Politics from Princeton University as well as an
M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a M.Sc. in International Monetary
Economics from the London School of Economics.



SOURCE  Newmont Mining Corporation
    -0-                             09/13/2004
    /CONTACT:  Investors, Randy Engel, +1-303-837-6033,
randy.engel@newmont.com, or Wendy Yang, +1-303-837-6141,
wendy.yang@newmont.com; or Media, Doug Hock, +1-303-837-5812,
doug.hock@newmont.com, all of Newmont Mining Corporation/
    /Web site:  http://www.newmont.com /
    (NEM)

CO:  Newmont Mining Corporation
ST:  Colorado
IN:  MNG
SU:  PER