DENVER (Yosefardi) – Newmont Mining Corporation expects to produce between 1.7 and 1.9 million ounce of attributable gold in 2016 in Asia Paficic region.

Attributable gold production is expected to improve to between 1.8 and 2.0 million ounces in 2017, before decreasing to between 1.4 and 1.7 million ounces in 2018.

2016 and 2017 benefit from higher grades at Batu Hijau and the addition of the Tanami Expansion project in 2017, with 2018 lower due to mine sequencing at Batu Hijau.