Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that  each  person  whose  signature
appears below hereby  constitutes and appoints Wayne W. Murdy,  Bruce D. Hansen,
Britt D. Banks and W. Durand Eppler,  each of them acting  individually,  his or
her true and lawful  attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution
and revocation,  in his or her name and on his or her behalf,  to do any and all
acts  and   things  and  to  execute   any  and  all   instruments   which  said
attorney-in-fact  and agent may deem  necessary or  advisable to enable  Newmont
Mining  Corporation  (the  "Corporation")  to comply with the  Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Act"), and any rules,  regulations or requirements of the
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  in respect  thereof,  including,  without
limitation,  the  power  and  authority  to sign  his or her name in any and all
capacities  (including  his  capacity  as  a  Director  and/or  Officer  of  the
Corporation) to (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other form as
may  be  appropriate  and  any  amendments  thereto  (including   post-effective
amendments)  registering  the issuance from time to time pursuant to Rule 415 of
securities of the  Corporation  with an aggregate  offering  price of up to $500
million,  and (ii) any and all  instruments or documents  filed as part of or in
connection with such Registration  Statement or any amendments thereto;  and the
undersigned  hereby  ratifies and confirms  all that said  attorney-in-fact  and
agent shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


          IN WITNESS WHEREOF,  the undersigned have subscribed these presents as
of the 19th day of March, 2002.


Signature                           Title


                                    Director
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     Glen A. Barton

/s/ Vincent A. Calarco              Director
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     Vincent A. Calarco

/s/ Ronald C. Cambre                Director
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     Ronald C. Cambre

/s/ James T. Curry, Jr.             Director
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     James T. Curry, Jr.

/s/ Joseph P. Flannery              Director
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     Joseph P. Flannery
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/s/ M. Craig Haase                  Director
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     M. Craig Haase

/s/ Michael S. Hamson               Director
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     Michael S. Hamson

                                    Director
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     Leo I. Higdon, Jr.

/s/ Pierre Lassonde                 Director
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     Pierre Lassonde

/s/ Robert J. Miller                Director
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     Robert J. Miller

/s/ Wayne W. Murdy                  Chairman of the Board and Chief
------------------------------      Executive Officer
     Wayne W. Murdy                 (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Robin A. Plumbridge             Director
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     Robin A. Plumbridge

/s/ John B. Prescott                Director
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     John B. Prescott

/s/ Moeen A. Qureshi                Director
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     Moeen A. Qureshi

/s/ Michael K. Reilly               Director
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     Michael K. Reilly

/s/ Seymour Schulich                Director
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     Seymour Schulich
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/s/ James V. Taranik                Director
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     James V. Taranik

                                    Senior Vice President and Chief
------------------------------      Financial Officer
     Bruce D. Hansen                (Principal Financial Officer)


------------------------------      Vice President and Controller
     Linda K. Wheeler               (Principal Accounting Officer)