Exhibit 1.2

                       NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, Issuer
                         NEWMONT USA LIMITED, Guarantor



                                 Debt Securities

                             Underwriting Agreement

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Dear Sirs:

          1. Introductory. Newmont Mining Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell from time to time certain of its
debt securities registered under the registration statement referred to in
Section 2(a) ("Registered Securities"). Payment of principal of, and interest,
if any, and premium, if any, on the Debt Securities will be unconditionally
guaranteed by Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware corporation, as Guarantor (the
"Guarantor"), pursuant to the terms and conditions of the guaranty issued under
the Indenture (as defined below)(the "Guaranty"). The Registered Securities may
be convertible into common shares of the Company, par value $1.60 per share
("Common Shares"). The Registered Securities will be issued under an indenture,
dated as of __________, ____ (the "Indenture"), among the Company, the Guarantor
and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, in one or more series, which series may vary as
to interest rates, maturities, redemption provisions, selling prices and, in the
case of Registered Securities that are convertible at the option of holders into
Common Shares ("Convertible Registered Securities"), conversion prices and the
terms and conditions relating to such conversion rights and other terms, with
all such terms for any particular series of the Registered Securities being
determined at the time of sale. The issuance and sale of Registered Securities
and the related Guaranty have been registered under the registration statement
referred to in Section 2(a). Particular series of the Registered Securities will
be sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 in the form of
Annex I attached hereto, for resale in accordance with terms of offering
determined at the time of sale. The Registered Securities and related Guaranty
are hereunder referred to as the "Securities". The firm or firms which agree to
purchase the Securities are hereinafter referred to as the "Underwriters" of
such Securities, and the representative or representatives of the Underwriters,
if any, specified in a Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter
referred to as the "Representatives"; provided, however, that if the Terms
Agreement does not specify any representative of the Underwriters, the term
"Representatives", as used in this Agreement (other than in Section 5(c) and the
second sentence of Section 3) shall mean the Underwriters.

          2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantor.
The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to,
and agree with, each Underwriter that:


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                  (a) A registration statement (No. 333-____), including a
         prospectus relating to the Securities, has been filed with the
         Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and has become
         effective. Such registration statement, as amended at the time of any
         Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, is hereinafter referred to as
         the "Registration Statement", and the prospectus included in such
         Registration Statement, as supplemented as contemplated by Section 3 to
         reflect the terms of the Securities and the terms of offering thereof,
         as first filed with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with
         Rule 424(b) ("Rule 424(b)") of the Rules and Regulations of the
         Commission (the "Rules and Regulations") under the Securities Act of
         1933, as amended (the "Act"), including all material incorporated by
         reference therein, is hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus".

                  (b) On the effective date of the registration statement
         relating to the Securities, such registration statement conformed in
         all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust
         Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the "Trust Indenture Act"), and the
         Rules and Regulations and did not include any untrue statement of a
         material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated
         therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and
         on the date of the Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3, the
         Registration Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all material
         respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and
         the Rules and Regulations, and neither of such documents will include
         any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
         fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
         therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances
         under which they were made) not misleading, except that the foregoing
         representations do not apply to statements in or omissions from any of
         such documents based upon written information furnished to the Company
         by any Underwriter specifically for use therein.

                  (c) Each document filed by the Company pursuant to the
         Exchange Act which is incorporated by reference in the Prospectus
         complied when so filed in all material respects with the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules
         and regulations thereunder, and each document, if any, hereafter filed
         and so incorporated by reference in the Prospectus (other than
         documents incorporated by reference therein relating solely to
         securities other than the Securities) will comply when so filed in all
         material respects with the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
         thereunder.

          3. Purchase and Offering of Securities. The obligation of the Company
to issue and sell any Registered Securities, the obligation of the Guarantor to
guarantee such Registered Securities and the obligation of the Underwriters to
purchase the Securities will be set forth in a Terms Agreement (the "Terms
Agreement") which shall be in the form of an executed writing (which may be
handwritten), and may be evidenced by an exchange of telegraphic, facsimile or
any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a written record of
communications transmitted at the time the Company determines to sell the
Securities. The Terms Agreement will incorporate by reference the provisions of
this Agreement, except as otherwise provided therein, and will specify the firm
or firms which will be Underwriters, the names of any Representatives, the
aggregate principal amount of the Registered Securities, the principal


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amount of Registered Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter, the initial
public offering price of the Registered Securities, the purchase price to be
paid by the Underwriters and the terms of the Registered Securities not already
specified in the Indenture, including, but not limited to, dates of payment and
rate of interest, if any, maturity, any redemption or repayment provisions and
any sinking fund requirements and whether any of the Securities may be sold to
institutional investors pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts (as defined
below). The Terms Agreement will also specify the time and date of delivery and
payment (such time and date, or such other time not later than seven full
business days thereafter as the Representatives, the Company and the Guarantor
agree as the time for payment and delivery, being herein and in the Terms
Agreement referred to as the "Closing Date"), the place of delivery and payment
and any details of the terms of offering that should be reflected in the
prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Securities. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities will be several and
not joint. It is understood that the Underwriters propose to offer the
Securities for sale as set forth in the Prospectus. The Securities delivered to
the Underwriters on the Closing Date will be in definitive fully registered
form, in such denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriters may
request.

          If the Terms Agreement provides for sales of Securities pursuant to
delayed delivery contracts, the Company and the Guarantor authorize the
Underwriters to solicit offers to purchase Securities pursuant to delayed
delivery contracts substantially in the form of Annex II attached hereto
("Delayed Delivery Contracts") with such changes therein as the Company and the
Guarantor may authorize or approve. Delayed Delivery Contracts are to be with
institutional investors, including commercial and savings banks, insurance
companies, pension funds, investment companies and educational and charitable
institutions. On the Closing Date, the Company or the Guarantor will pay, as
compensation, to the Representatives for the accounts of the Underwriters, the
fee set forth in such Terms Agreement in respect of the principal amount of
Securities to be sold pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts ("Contract
Securities"). The Underwriters will not have any responsibility in respect of
the validity or the performance of Delayed Delivery Contracts. If the Company
and the Guarantor execute and deliver Delayed Delivery Contracts, the Contract
Securities will be deducted from the Securities to be purchased by the several
Underwriters and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased by
each Underwriter will be reduced pro rata in proportion to the principal amount
of Securities set forth opposite each Underwriter's name in such Terms
Agreement, except to the extent that the Representatives determine that such
reduction shall be otherwise than pro rata and shall so advise the Company and
the Guarantor. The Company will advise the Representatives not later than 5:00
p.m., New York time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date of the
principal amount of Contract Securities.

          4. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Guarantor. Each of the
Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, agrees with the several
Underwriters that it will furnish to _____________________, counsel for the
Underwriters ("Underwriter's Counsel"), one signed copy of the registration
statement relating to the Securities, including all exhibits, in the form it
became effective and of all amendments thereto and that, in connection with each
offering of Securities:

                  (a) The Company and the Guarantor will file the Prospectus
         with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b).

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                  (b) During the time when a prospectus relating to the
         Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, (i) the Company
         or the Guarantor will advise the Representatives promptly of any
         proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or the
         Prospectus and will afford the Representatives a reasonable opportunity
         to comment on any such proposed amendment or supplement and (ii) the
         Company or the Guarantor will also advise the Representatives promptly
         of the filing of any such amendment or supplement and of the
         institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect
         of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof and will use its
         best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to
         obtain as soon as possible its lifting, if issued.

                  (c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the
         Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs
         as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
         would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
         any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
         light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
         or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Prospectus to comply
         with the Act, the Company and the Guarantor promptly will prepare and
         file with the Commission an amendment or supplement which will correct
         such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such
         compliance. Neither the Representatives' consent to, nor the
         Underwriters' delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall
         constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 5.

                  (d) The Company will make generally available to its security
         holders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than
         eighteen months after the effective date of the Registration Statement
         (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), an earnings statement of the
         Company and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with
         Section 11(a) of the Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at
         the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Act).

                  (e) The Company and the Guarantor will furnish to the
         Representatives copies of the Registration Statement, including all
         exhibits, any related prospectus, any related preliminary prospectus
         supplement and the Prospectus and, during the time when a prospectus
         relating to the Registered Securities is required to be delivered under
         the Act, all amendments and supplements to such documents (other than
         those solely relating to securities other than the Securities), in each
         case as soon as available and in such quantities as are reasonably
         requested.

                  (f) The Company and the Guarantor will arrange for the
         qualification of the Securities for sale and the determination of their
         eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the
         Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in
         effect so long as required for the distribution; provided, however,
         that in no event shall either the Company or the Guarantor be required
         to qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities or to
         file a general or unlimited consent for service of process in any such
         jurisdiction.


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                  (g) The Company and the Guarantor will pay or cause to be paid
         the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the
         Company's and the Guarantor's counsel and accountants in connection
         with the registration of the Securities under the Act and all other
         expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the
         Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus supplement and the
         Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and
         delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the
         cost of printing any Agreement among Underwriters, this Agreement, any
         Terms Agreement, any Indenture, any Delayed Delivery Contracts, any
         Blue Sky and Legal Investment Memoranda and any other documents in
         connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the
         Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of
         the Securities for offering and sale under state securities laws as
         provided in Section 4(f), including the reasonable fees and
         disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such
         qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment
         surveys; (iv) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating
         the Securities; (v) any filing fees incident to any required review by
         the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. of the terms of
         the sale of the Securities; (vi) the cost of preparing the Securities;
         (vii) the fees and expenses of any Trustee and any agent of any Trustee
         and the fees and disbursements of counsel for any Trustee in connection
         with any Indenture and the Securities; and (viii) all other costs and
         expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder and
         under any Delayed Delivery Contracts which are not otherwise
         specifically provided for in this Section; provided, however, that,
         except as provided in this Section, Section 6 and Section 8 hereof, the
         Underwriters will pay all of their own costs and expenses, including
         the fees of their counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the
         Securities by them, and any advertising expenses connected with any
         offers they may make.

                  (h) For a period beginning at the time of execution of the
         Terms Agreement and ending the earlier of (i) the termination of
         trading restrictions for the Securities, as notified to the Company and
         the Guarantor by the Representatives, and (ii) the Closing Date,
         without the prior consent of the Representatives, the Company and the
         Guarantor will not offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose
         of any securities substantially similar to the Securities.

          5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations
of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Securities will be
subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the
Company and the Guarantor herein, to the accuracy of the written statements of
the officers of the Company and the Guarantor made pursuant to the provisions
hereof, to the performance by each of the Company and the Guarantor of its
obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:

                  (a) The Representatives shall have received a letter, dated
         the Closing Date, of _______________, confirming that they are
         independent public accountants within the meaning of the Act and the
         applicable published Rules and Regulations thereunder and stating in
         effect that:

                           (i) in their opinion, the financial statements and
                  schedules audited by them and included in the Prospectus
                  comply in form in all material respects with


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                    the applicable accounting requirements of the Act and the
                    related published Rules and Regulations;

                         (ii) they have read the unaudited financial statements
                    included in the Prospectus;

                         (iii) on the basis of the reading referred to in (ii)
                    above, a reading of the latest available interim financial
                    statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of the
                    Company who have responsibility for financial and accounting
                    matters and other specified procedures, nothing came to
                    their attention that caused them to believe that:

                                    (A) the unaudited financial statements, if
                           any, included or incorporated by reference in the
                           Prospectus do not comply in form in all material
                           respects with the applicable accounting requirements
                           of the Act and the related published Rules and
                           Regulations and the Exchange Act and the related
                           published rules and regulations thereunder, as
                           applicable, or are not in conformity with generally
                           accepted accounting principles applied on a basis
                           substantially consistent with that of the audited
                           financial statements included or incorporated by
                           reference in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K
                           for the most recent fiscal year; or

                                    (B) the unaudited capsule information, if
                           any, included in the Prospectus does not agree with
                           the amounts set forth in the unaudited consolidated
                           financial statements from which it was derived or was
                           not determined on a basis substantially consistent
                           with that of the audited financial statements
                           included or incorporated by reference in the
                           Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most
                           recent fiscal year; or

                                   (C) at the date of the latest available
                           balance sheet read by such accountants, or at a
                           subsequent specified date not more than five days
                           prior to the Closing Date, there was any material
                           change in the consolidated capital stock (other than
                           issuances of capital stock upon exercise of options
                           and director stock grants) or any material increase
                           in consolidated long-term debt of the Company and its
                           subsidiaries or, at the date of the latest available
                           balance sheet read by such accountants, there was any
                           material decrease in consolidated net current assets
                           or net assets, as compared with amounts shown on the
                           latest balance sheet included or incorporated by
                           reference in the Prospectus; or

                                   (D) for the period from the date of the
                           latest income statement included or incorporated by
                           reference in the Prospectus to the closing date of
                           the latest available income statement read by such
                           accountants there were any decreases, as compared
                           with the corresponding period of the previous year
                           and with the period of corresponding length ended the
                           date


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                           of the latest income statement included in the
                           Prospectus, in consolidated sales, net income or in
                           the ratio of earnings to fixed charges;

                  except in all cases set forth in clauses (C) and (D) above for
                  changes, increases or decreases which the Prospectus discloses
                  have occurred or may occur or which are described in such
                  letter; and

                           (iv) they have carried out specified procedures, as
                  requested by the Underwriters, for the purpose of comparing
                  specified dollar amounts (or percentages derived from such
                  dollar amounts) and other financial information included in
                  the Prospectus (in each case to the extent that such dollar
                  amounts, percentages and other financial information are
                  derived from the general accounting records of the Company and
                  its subsidiaries subject to the internal controls of the
                  Company's accounting system or are derived directly from such
                  records by analysis or computation) with the results obtained
                  from inquiries, a reading of such general accounting records
                  and other procedures specified in such letter and have found
                  such dollar amounts, percentages and other financial
                  information to be in agreement with such results, except as
                  otherwise specified in such letter.

         All financial statements and schedules included in material
         incorporated by reference into the Prospectus shall be deemed included
         in the Prospectus for purposes of this subsection.

                  (b) The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission
         in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 4(a). No stop
         order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of
         any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that
         purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company,
         the Guarantor or any Underwriter, shall be threatened by the
         Commission.

                  (c) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement, there
         shall not have occurred (i) any downgrading in the rating of any senior
         debt securities of the Company or the Guarantor by any "nationally
         recognized statistical rating organization" (as defined for purposes of
         Rule 436(g) under the Act), or any public announcement that any such
         organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt
         securities of the Company or the Guarantor (other than an announcement
         with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication
         of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (ii) any suspension or
         limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock
         Exchange, Inc., or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such
         exchange; (iii) any general banking moratorium declared by Federal or
         New York authorities; or (iv) any outbreak or material escalation of
         major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any
         declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or
         international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable judgment of a
         majority in interest of the Underwriters, including any
         Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
         declaration, calamity or emergency is so material and adverse so as to
         make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the
         sale of and payment for the Securities.


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                  (d) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
         the Closing Date, of White & Case LLP, counsel for the Company and the
         Guarantor , to the effect that:

                           (i) Each of the Company and the Guarantor has been
                  duly incorporated and is an existing corporation in good
                  standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with
                  corporate power and authority to own its properties and
                  conduct its business as described in the Prospectus;

                           (ii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed
                  and delivered by each of the Company and the Guarantor and has
                  been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act; the
                  Indenture constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation
                  of the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms,
                  except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
                  applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent
                  transfer or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
                  creditors' rights generally, or by general equitable
                  principles (regardless of whether the issue of enforceability
                  is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), provided,
                  however, that such counsel need express no opinion with
                  respect to U.S. federal and state laws dealing with fraudulent
                  conveyances; the Securities have been duly authorized; the
                  Registered Securities other than any Contract Securities have
                  been duly executed, issued and delivered by the Company; the
                  Registered Securities other than any Contract Securities
                  constitute, and any Contract Securities, when executed,
                  authenticated, issued and delivered in the manner provided in
                  the Indenture and sold pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts,
                  will constitute, valid and legally binding obligations of the
                  Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as
                  the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable
                  bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer or
                  other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
                  rights generally, or by general equitable principles
                  (regardless of whether the issue of enforceability is
                  considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), provided,
                  however, that such counsel need express no opinion with
                  respect to U.S. federal and state laws dealing with fraudulent
                  conveyances; the related Guaranty has been duly executed,
                  authenticated, issued and delivered by the Guarantor; the
                  Guaranty constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of
                  the Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except
                  as the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable
                  bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer or
                  other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors'
                  rights generally, or by general equitable principles
                  (regardless of whether the issue of enforceability is
                  considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), provided,
                  however, that such counsel need express no opinion with
                  respect to U.S. federal and state laws dealing with fraudulent
                  conveyances; and the Securities other than any Contract
                  Securities conform, and any Contract Securities, when issued
                  and delivered in the manner provided for in the Indenture and
                  sold pursuant to Delayed Delivery Contracts, will conform, in
                  all material respects to the description thereof contained in
                  the Prospectus;


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                           (iii) No consent, approval, authorization or order
                  of, or filing with, any New York State or Federal governmental
                  agency or body or any New York State or Federal court having
                  jurisdiction over either the Company or the Guarantor or any
                  of its respective material properties is required to be
                  obtained or made by either the Company or the Guarantor for
                  the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Terms
                  Agreement (including the provisions of this Agreement) in
                  connection with the issuance or sale of the Securities by the
                  Company, except such as have been obtained and made under the
                  Act and the Trust Indenture Act and such as may be required
                  under state securities or Blue Sky laws (as to which such
                  counsel need express no opinion);

                           (iv) The execution, delivery and performance of the
                  Indenture, the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of
                  this Agreement) and any Delayed Delivery Contracts and the
                  issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance with the
                  terms and provisions thereof will not result in a breach or
                  violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
                  a default under, the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws
                  of either the Company or the Guarantor or any statute, rule,
                  regulation or order applicable to the Company, the Guarantor
                  or any of their respective subsidiaries of which such counsel
                  is aware of any federal or New York State governmental agency
                  or body or court having jurisdiction over the Company, the
                  Guarantor or any of their respective material properties
                  (other than those that may be required under the Act and under
                  applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws as to which such
                  counsel need express no opinion) and the Company has full
                  corporate power and authority to authorize, issue and sell the
                  Securities as contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including
                  the provisions of this Agreement);

                           (v) The registration statement relating to the
                  Securities, as of its effective date, the Registration
                  Statement and the Prospectus, as of the date of the Terms
                  Agreement, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its
                  date, appeared on their face to comply as to form in all
                  material respects with the requirements of the Act, the Trust
                  Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder;
                  nothing has come to such counsel's attention which causes it
                  to believe that such registration statement, as of its
                  effective date, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus,
                  as of the date of the Terms Agreement, or any such amendment
                  or supplement, as of its date, contained any untrue statement
                  of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact
                  required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
                  statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of
                  the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading;
                  it being understood that such counsel need express no opinion
                  as to the financial statements and schedules or other
                  financial or statistical data contained in any of the
                  above-mentioned documents; and

                           (vi) The Terms Agreement (including the provisions of
                  this Agreement) and any Delayed Delivery Contracts have been
                  duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company
                  and the Guarantor.


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                  (e) The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated
         the Closing Date, from Britt D. Banks, Vice President and General
         Counsel of each of the Company and the Guarantor, to the effect that:

                           (i) Each of the Company and the Guarantor has been
                  duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a
                  foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which its
                  ownership of property or the conduct of its respective
                  businesses require such qualification (except where the
                  failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect
                  upon the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or the
                  Guarantor and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, as the case
                  may be), and has all power and authority necessary to own its
                  properties and conduct the businesses in which it is engaged
                  as described in the Prospectus;

                           (ii) The execution, delivery and performance of the
                  Indenture, the Terms Agreement (including the provisions of
                  this Agreement) and any Delayed Delivery Contracts and the
                  issuance and sale of the Securities and compliance with the
                  terms and provisions thereof will not result in a breach or
                  violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute
                  a default under any order, rule or regulation applicable to
                  the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective
                  subsidiaries of which such counsel is aware of any court or
                  governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the
                  Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective material
                  properties or, any material agreement or instrument to which
                  the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective material
                  subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Guarantor
                  or any such subsidiary is bound or to which any of the
                  properties of the Company, the Guarantor or any such
                  subsidiary is subject, or the Certificate of Incorporation or
                  By-Laws of the Company, the Guarantor or any such subsidiary;

                           (iii) Such counsel is not aware of any consent,
                  approval, authorization or order of, or filing with, any
                  governmental agency or body or any court having jurisdiction
                  over the Company, the Guarantor or any of their material
                  properties that is required to be obtained or made by the
                  Company or the Guarantor for the consummation of the
                  transactions contemplated by the Terms Agreement (including
                  the provisions of this Agreement) in connection with the
                  issuance or sale of the Securities by the Company and the
                  Guarantor, except such as may be required under the Act, the
                  Trust Indenture Act and under state securities or Blue Sky
                  laws (as to which such counsel need express no opinion);

                           (iv) The documents incorporated by reference in the
                  Prospectus (other than the financial statements and related
                  schedules and other financial and statistical data contained
                  therein, as to which such counsel needs express no opinion),
                  when they were filed with the Commission complied as to form
                  in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange
                  Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission
                  thereunder; and nothing has come to such counsel's attention
                  which causes it to believe that any of such documents, when
                  such documents were so filed contained an untrue statement of
                  a material fact and omitted to state a material fact necessary
                  in order to make the statements therein,


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                  in the light of the circumstances under which they were made
                  when such documents were so filed, not misleading;

                           (v) Nothing has come to such counsel's attention
                  which causes it to believe that the registration statement
                  relating to the Registered Securities, as of its effective
                  date, the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, as of the
                  date of the Terms Agreement, or any such amendment or
                  supplement, as of its date, contained any untrue statement of
                  a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required
                  to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
                  therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the
                  circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; it
                  being understood that such counsel need express no opinion as
                  to the financial statements and schedules or other financial
                  or statistical data contained in any of the above-mentioned
                  documents; and

                           (vi) The statements contained in the Company's Annual
                  Reports on Form 10-K under the heading "Item 3. Legal
                  Proceedings", and the statements contained in the Company's
                  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q under the heading "Item 1.
                  Legal Proceedings", in each case, which are incorporated or
                  deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus,
                  insofar as such statements constitute a summary of the legal
                  documents, matters or proceedings referred to therein, fairly
                  present the information called for with respect to such legal
                  documents, matters and proceedings.

                  (f) The Representatives shall have received from Underwriter's
         Counsel, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated
         the Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company and
         the Guarantor, the validity of the Securities, the Registration
         Statement, the Prospectus and other related matters as they may
         require, and the Company and the Guarantor shall have furnished to such
         counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them
         to pass upon such matters.

                  (g) The Representatives shall have received a certificate,
         dated the Closing Date, of the Chairman of the Board and Chief
         Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, the
         Senior Vice President or any Vice President and a principal financial
         or accounting officer from each of the Company and the Guarantor in
         which such officers, to their knowledge, shall state that the
         representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor, as the
         case may be, in this Agreement are true and correct at and as of the
         Closing Date, that the Company and the Guarantor, as the case may be,
         has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its
         part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing
         Date, that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
         Registration Statement or of any part thereof has been issued and no
         proceedings for that purpose have been instituted by the Commission and
         that, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in
         the Prospectus, there has been no material adverse change in the
         financial position or results of operation of the Company and its
         subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in or contemplated by
         the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.


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<PAGE>

Each of the Company and the Guarantor will furnish the Representatives with such
conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as they
reasonably request.

          6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) Each of the Company and the
Guarantor will jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each
Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or
several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or
otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged
untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement,
the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related
preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, or arise out of or
are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are
incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company nor the Guarantor will be
liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or
liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company and the Guarantor by any Underwriter specifically for use therein; and
provided, further, that neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall be liable to
any Underwriter under the indemnity agreement in this subsection (a) with
respect to any preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement to
the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Underwriter
results from the fact that such Underwriter sold designated securities to a
person to whom there was not sent or given, at or prior to the written
confirmation of such sale, a copy of the Prospectus as then amended or
supplemented in any case where such delivery is required by the Act if either
the Company or the Guarantor has previously furnished copies thereof to such
Underwriter and the loss, claim, damage or liability results from an untrue
statement or omission of a material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus
which was corrected in the Prospectus (as then amended, supplemented or
modified).

          (b) Each Underwriter will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and
the Guarantor against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which either
the Company or the Guarantor may become subject, under the Act or otherwise,
insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect
thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any related preliminary
prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made
in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the
Company or the Guarantor by such Underwriter specifically for use therein, and
will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or
the Guarantor in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred.


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          (c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section
of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a
claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under
subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve
it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than
under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against
any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement
thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein, and to
the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly
notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such
indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified
party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the
indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the
defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified
party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred
by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than
reasonable costs of investigation. The indemnifying party shall not be liable
for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but
if settled with such consent, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the
indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such
settlement.

          (d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable
(other than as a result of the provisos contained in subsection (a)) or
insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b)
above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or
payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to in subsection (a) or (b)
above in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and of the Underwriters on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations, including relative benefit. The relative fault shall be
determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged
untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state
a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Guarantor or
the Underwriters and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or
omission. The Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters agree that it would
not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were
determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one
entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection
(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the
losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred
to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this
subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no
Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and
distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any
damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of
such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No
person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section
11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such


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<PAGE>

fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in this subsection
(d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting
obligations and not joint.

          (e) The obligations of each of the Company and the Guarantor under
this Section shall be in addition to any liability which it may otherwise have
and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any,
who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations
of the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability
which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the
same terms and conditions, to each director of the Company or the Guarantor, to
each officer of the Company or the Guarantor who has signed the Registration
Statement and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Guarantor
within the meaning of the Act.

          7. Default of Underwriters. (a) If any Underwriter shall default in
its obligation to purchase the Securities which it has agreed to purchase under
the Terms Agreement relating to such Securities, the Representatives may in
their discretion arrange for themselves or another party or other parties to
purchase such Securities on the terms contained herein. If within thirty-six
hours after such default by any Underwriter the Representatives do not arrange
for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a
further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or
other parties satisfactory to the Representatives to purchase such Securities on
such terms. In the event that, within the respective prescribed period, the
Representatives notify the Company and the Guarantor that they have so arranged
for the purchase of such Securities, or the Company notifies the Representatives
that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Securities, the Representatives
or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for such
Securities for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever
changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus as amended or supplemented, or in any other documents or
arrangements, and each of the Company and the Guarantor agrees to file promptly
any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
which in the reasonable opinion of the Representatives may thereby be made
necessary. The term "Underwriter" as used in this Agreement shall include any
person substituted under this section with like effect as if such person had
originally been a party to the Terms Agreement with respect to such Securities.

          (b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of
the Registered Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the
Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the
aggregate principal amount of such Registered Securities which remains
unpurchased does not exceed one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the
Registered Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Registered
Securities which such Underwriter agreed to purchase under the Terms Agreement
relating to such Registered Securities and, in addition, to require each
non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the
principal amount of Registered Securities which such Underwriter agreed to
purchase under such Terms Agreement) of the Registered Securities of such
defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been
made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability
for its default.

                  (c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the
purchase of the Registered Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters by the Representatives and the


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Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of
Registered Securities which remains unpurchased exceeds one-tenth of the
aggregate principal amount of the Registered Securities, as referred to in
subsection (b) above, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described
in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase
Registered Securities of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters, then the
Terms Agreement relating to such Registered Securities shall thereupon
terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the
Company or the Guarantor, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company,
the Guarantor and the Underwriters as provided in Section 4(g) and the indemnity
and contribution agreements in Section 6; but nothing herein shall relieve a
defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.

          8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective
indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the
Company, the Guarantor or their officers and of the several Underwriters set
forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company, the Guarantor or any of
their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling
person and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. If the Terms
Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 7 or if for any reason the purchase
of the Securities by the Underwriters under the Terms Agreement is not
consummated, the Company and the Guarantor shall remain responsible for the
expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 4(g) and the
respective obligations of the Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Securities
by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason, other than solely because
of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7 or the occurrence of
any event specified in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of Section 5(c), the Company
and the Guarantor will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses
(including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in
connection with the offering of the Securities, but the Company and the
Guarantor shall be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as
provided in Section 6.

          9. Notices. All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder
shall be in writing and if to the Underwriters shall be sufficient in all
respects, if delivered or sent by first class mail, telex, or facsimile
transmission (confirmed in writing by overnight courier sent on the day of such
facsimile transmission) to the address of the Representatives as set forth in
the Terms Agreement; and if to the Company or the Guarantor shall be sufficient
in all respects if delivered or sent by first class mail or facsimile
transmission (confirmed in writing by overnight courier sent on the day of such
facsimile transmission) to the address of the Company and the Guarantor set
forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Secretary.

          10. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the Company, the Guarantor and such Underwriters as are identified
in Terms Agreements and their respective successors and the officers and
directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and no other person
will acquire or have any right or obligation hereunder or by virtue of this
Agreement. No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be
deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.


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<PAGE>

          11. Representatives. In all dealings under any Terms Agreement and
hereunder, the Representatives, if any, shall act on behalf of each of the
Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any
statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any underwriter made or
given by the Representatives.

          12. Time of Essence. Time shall be of the essence of each Terms
Agreement. As used herein the term "business day" shall mean any day when the
Commission's office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

          13. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

          14. Counterparts. This Agreement and each Terms Agreement may be
executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

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<PAGE>


                  If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding,
please sign and return three counterparts hereof.

                                    Very truly yours,

                                    NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION


                                    By:   ___________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:

                                    NEWMONT USA LIMITED


                                    By:   ___________________________
                                          Name:
                                          Title:








Accepted as of the date hereof:

[Names of Underwriters]

By:      [Representatives]


By:   ______________________
      Name:
      Title:

On behalf of each of the Underwriters


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                                                                         Annex I
                                                                         -------

                       NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION, Issuer
                         NEWMONT USA LIMITED, Guarantor

                                 Debt Securities


                                 Terms Agreement
                                 ---------------

                                                                __________, ____



[Names and Addresses of
  Representatives]

Dear Sirs:

          Newmont Mining Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement, dated _________ __, ____ (the "Underwriting Agreement"),
between the Company and Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware corporation (the
"Guarantor"), on the one hand, and __________________, on the other hand, to
issue and sell to the Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the
"Underwriters") the securities specified in Schedule II hereto (the "Registered
Securities"). Payment of principal of, and interest, if any, and premium, if
any, on the Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the guaranty issued under the Indenture
(the "Guaranty"). The Registered Securities and related Guaranty are referred to
as the "Securities". Each of the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be a
part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set
forth in full herein; and each of the representations and warranties set forth
therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the date of this Terms
Agreement, except that, if this Terms Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement
are dated different dates, each representation and warranty with respect to the
Prospectus in Section 2 of the Underwriting Agreement shall be deemed to be a
representation and warranty as of the date of the Underwriting Agreement in
relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined) and also a representation and
warranty as of the date of this Terms Agreement in relation to the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented relating to the Securities which are the subject of the
Terms Agreement. Each reference to the Representatives herein and in the
provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so incorporated by reference shall be
deemed to refer to you. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the
Underwriting Agreement are used herein as therein defined. The Representatives
designated to act on behalf of each of the Underwriters of Securities are set
forth in Schedule II hereto.

          Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to
issue and sell to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees,
severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at the time and place
and at a purchase price to the Underwriters set forth in Schedule II hereto, the
principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the name of such


<PAGE>
                                                                         Annex I
                                                                          Page 2

Underwriter in Schedule I hereto, less the principal amount of Securities
covered by Delayed Delivery Contracts, if any, as may be specified in such
Schedule II. The Guarantor agrees, pursuant to the terms and conditions, set
forth in the Indenture, to endorse the Guaranty on such Securities.

          If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign
and return to us _______ counterparts hereof, and upon acceptance hereof by you,
on behalf of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof, including
the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference,
shall constitute a binding agreement among each of the Underwriters, the Company
and the Guarantor. It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on
behalf of each of the Underwriters is or will be pursuant to the authority set
forth in a form of Agreement among Underwriters, the form of which shall be
supplied to the Company and the Guarantor upon request.

                                   Very truly yours,

                                   NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION


                                   By:   __________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:

                                   NEWMONT USA LIMITED


                                   By:   ___________________________
                                         Name:
                                         Title:



Accepted as of the date hereof:



By:   _________________________
On behalf of each of the Underwriters



<PAGE>



                                   SCHEDULE I

                                                     Principal Amount of
                                                    Designated Securities
                  Underwriter                          to be Purchased
                  -----------                       --------------------------




                                                        ------------

Total.........................                          $
                                                        ======================


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                                   SCHEDULE II



Title of Securities:

          [ %] [Floating Rate] [Zero Coupon] Guaranteed [Notes] [Debentures] due

Aggregate principal amount:

          $------------

Price to Public:

          _____% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued
          interest [, if any,] from _________ to __________ [and accrued
          amortization, if any, from __________ to ____________]

Purchase Price by Underwriters:

          _____% of the principal amount of the Securities, plus accrued
          interest [,if any,] from _________ to __________ [and accrued
          amortization, if any, from __________ to ____________]

Specified funds for payment of purchase price:

          [New York] Clearing House funds

Ranking:

          [Senior]
          [Subordinated]

Indenture:

          Indenture, dated as of __________, ____, [, as supplemented by
          ________,] between the Company and ___________________, as Trustee

Maturity:

Interest Rate:

          [ %] [Zero Coupon] [See Floating Rate Provisions]

Interest Payment Dates:

          [months and dates]

Redemption Provisions:

          [No provisions for redemption]

          [The Securities may be redeemed, otherwise than through the sinking
          fund, in whole or in part at the option of the Company, in the amount
          of $ _____ or an integral multiple thereof, __________]

          [on or after _________, _________ at the following redemption prices
          (expressed in percentages of principal amount): If [redeemed on or
          before _________, ___ %, and if] redeemed during the 12-month period
          beginning _____________,

                  Year                                             Redemption
                                                                      Price
                  ----                                                -----

          and thereafter at 100% of principal amount, together in each case with
          accrued interest to the redemption date]

          [on any interest payment date falling on or after ____________,
          ___________, at the election of the Company, at a redemption price
          equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the
          date of redemption].

          [Other possible redemption provisions, such as mandatory redemption
          upon occurrence of certain events or redemption for changes in tax
          law].

          [Restriction on refunding]

Sinking Fund Provisions:

          [No sinking fund provisions]

          [The Securities are entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund to
          retire $ _______ principal amount of Securities on ______ in each of
          the years _____ through ____ at 100% of their principal amount plus
          accrued interest] [, together with [cumulative] [non-cumulative]
          redemptions at the option of the Company to retire an additional $
          _________ principal amount of Securities in the years ____ through
          ____ at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest.]

[If Securities are extendable debt Securities, insert --

Extendable provisions:

          Securities are repayable on ______, _____ [insert date and years], at
          the option of the holder, at their principal amount with accrued
          interest. Initial annual interest rate will be ___%, and thereafter
          annual interest rate will be adjusted on ______, and _______ to a rate
          not less than ___ % of the effective annual interest rate on U.S.
          Treasury obligations with _________-year maturities as of the [insert
          date 15 days prior to maturity date] prior to such [insert maturity
          date].]

[If Securities are Floating Rate debt Securities, insert --

Floating rate provisions:

          Initial annual interest rate will be __% through ____________ [and
          thereafter will be adjusted [monthly] [on each _____, ________, and
          ___________] [to an annual rate of ______ % above the average rate for
          ______ -year [month] [securities] [certificates of deposit] issued by
          _________ and ___________________ [insert names of banks].] [and the
          annual interest rate [thereafter] [from ______________ through
          ____________] will be the interest yield equivalent of the weekly
          average per annum market discount rate for _____-month Treasury bills
          plus ___% of Interest Differential (the excess, if any, of (i) then
          current weekly average per annum secondary market yield for
          ______-month certificates of deposit over (ii) then current interest
          yield equivalent of the weekly average per annum market discount rate
          for ______-month Treasury bills); [from _________ and thereafter the
          rate will be the then current interest yield equivalent plus ____ % of
          Interest Differential].]

Closing Date:

          [Time and date], ____

Closing Location:

Delayed Delivery:

          [None] [Underwriters' commission shall be ___ % of the principal
          amount of Securities for which Delayed Delivery Contracts have been
          entered into. Such commission shall be payable to the order of
          _______________________________________.]

Names and addresses of Representatives:



Address for Notices, etc.:



[Other Terms](1)



------------------------

(1)   A description of particular tax, accounting or other unusual features of
      the Securities should be set forth, or referenced to an attached and
      accompanying description, if necessary to the issuer's understanding of
      the transaction contemplated. Such a description might appropriately be in
      the form in which such features will be described in the Prospectus for
      the offering.

<PAGE>

                                                                        ANNEX II
                                                                        --------

                 (Three copies of this Delayed Delivery Contract
                  should be signed and returned to the address
                   shown below so as to arrive not later than
                          9:00 A.M., New York time, on
                            __________ ____, ____*.)


                            DELAYED DELIVERY CONTRACT
                            -------------------------

                                                 [Insert date of initial
                                                  ----------------------
                                                 public offering]
                                                 ---------------

NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION
c/o [Name and Address of Representative]

Gentlemen:

          The undersigned hereby agrees to purchase from Newmont Mining
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and the Company agrees to
sell to the undersigned, [If one delayed closing, insert--as of the date hereof,
for delivery on , __ ("Delivery Date"),]

                              $_______________

principal amount of the Company's [Insert title of securities] (the
"Securities"), guaranteed by Newmont USA Limited, a Delaware corporation (the
"Guarantor"), offered by the Company and the Guarantor's Prospectus dated _____,
___ and a Prospectus Supplement dated _____, ___ relating thereto, receipt of
copies of which is hereby acknowledged, at % of the principal amount thereof
plus accrued interest, if any, and on the further terms and conditions set forth
in this Delayed Delivery Contract ("Contract").

         [If two or more delayed closings, insert the following:




---------------

* Insert date which is third full business day prior to Closing Date under the
  Terms Agreement.



<PAGE>
                                                                        Annex II
                                                                          Page 2

          [The undersigned will purchase from the Company as of the date hereof,
for delivery on the dates set forth below, Securities in the principal amounts
set forth below:

                  Delivery Date                Principal Amount
                  -------------                ----------------

                  --------------               ---------------

                  --------------               ---------------

Each of such delivery dates is hereinafter referred to as a Delivery Date.]

          Payment for the Securities that the undersigned has agreed to purchase
for delivery on [the] [each] Delivery Date shall be made to the Company or its
order by certified or official bank check in [New York] Clearing House (next
day) funds at the office of at .M. on [the] [such] Delivery Date upon delivery
to the undersigned of the Securities to be purchased by the undersigned [for
delivery on such Delivery Date] in definitive fully registered form and in such
denominations and registered in such names as the undersigned may designate by
written or telegraphic communication addressed to the Company not less than five
full business days prior to [the] [such] Delivery Date.

          It is expressly agreed that the provisions for delayed delivery and
payment are for the sole convenience of the undersigned; that the purchase
hereunder of Securities is to be regarded in all respects as a purchase as of
the date of this Contract; that the obligation of the Company to make delivery
of and accept payment for, and the obligation of the undersigned to take
delivery of and make payment for, Securities on [the] [each] Delivery Date shall
be subject only to the conditions that (1) investment in the Securities shall
not at [the] [such] Delivery Date be prohibited under the laws of any
jurisdiction in the United States to which the undersigned is subject and (2)
the Company shall have sold to the Underwriters the total principal amount of
the Securities less the principal amount thereof covered by this and other
similar Contracts. The undersigned represents that its investment in the
Securities is not, as of the date hereof, prohibited under the laws of any
jurisdiction to which the undersigned is subject and which governs such
investment.

          Promptly after completion of the sale to the Underwriters the Company
will mail or deliver to the undersigned at its address set forth below notice to
such effect, accompanied by [a copy] [copies] of the opinion[s] of counsel for
the Company delivered to the Underwriters in connection therewith.

          This Contract will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the
parties hereto and their respective successors, but will not be assignable by
either party hereto without the written consent of the other.

          It is understood that the acceptance of any such Contract is in the
Company's and the Guarantor's sole discretion and, without limiting the
foregoing, need not be on a first-come, first-served basis. If this Contract is
acceptable to the Company and the Guarantor, it is requested that the Company
and the Guarantor sign the form of acceptance below and mail or deliver one of
the counterparts hereof to the undersigned at its address set forth below. This
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become a binding contract between the Company, the Guarantor and the undersigned
when such counterpart is so mailed or delivered.

                                 Yours very truly,
                                 -----------------


                                (Name of Purchaser)

                                 By:
                                      ----------------------------


                                 ---------------------------------
                                 (Title of Signatory)


                                 ---------------------------------

                                 ---------------------------------
                                       (Address of Purchaser)

Accepted, as of the above date.

NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION


         By:   ---------------------------
                   [Insert Title]

NEWMONT USA LIMITED


          By:   ---------------------------
                    [Insert Title]