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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Joy E. Hansen and Timothy J.
Schmitt, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, 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 they and each of them may deem necessary or advisable to
enable Newmont Gold Company (the "Company") 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, in connection with the
registration under the Act of certain debt securities of the Company to be
offered from time to time by the Company pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act (or
any successor rule thereto) and having an aggregate maximum offering price of up
to $350 million, including the power and authority to sign his or her name in
any and all capacities (including his or her capacity as a Director and/or
Officer of the Company) to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 or such other
form as may be appropriate, and to any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to such Registration Statement, and to 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  have subscribed  these
presents as of the 10th day of July, 1998.


Signature                                                     Title


/s/ Ronald C. Cambre                        Chairman, President and
---------------------------                 Chief Executive Officer and Director
Ronald C. Cambre                            (Principal Executive Officer)


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


/s/ Joseph P. Flannery                     
---------------------------                 Director
Joseph P. Flannery


/s/ Leo I. Higdon, Jr.
---------------------------                 Director
Leo I. Higdon, Jr.

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/s/ Thomas A. Holmes
-----------------------------                 Director
Thomas A. Holmes


/s/ George B. Munroe
-----------------------------                 Director
George B. Munroe


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


/s/ Robert H. Quenon
-----------------------------                 Director
Robert H. Quenon


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


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


/s/ Jean Head Sisco
-----------------------------                 Director
Jean Head Sisco

/s/ James V. Taranik
-----------------------------                 Director
James V. Taranik

/s/ William I. M. Turner, Jr.
-----------------------------                 Director
William I. M. Turner, Jr.

/s/ Wayne W. Murdy                            Executive Vice President
-----------------------------                 and Chief Financial Officer
Wayne W. Murdy                                (Principal Financial Officer)


/s/ Linda K. Wheeler                          Controller
-----------------------------                 (Principal Accounting Officer)
Linda K. Wheeler


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