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$42.66B
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Newmont Corporation is a leading gold producer with significant operations across multiple continents. The company's core business model revolves around the exploration, development, and production of gold, with copper, silver, lead, and zinc as co-products. Newmont holds a strong market position, leveraging its large portfolio of Tier 1 assets in favorable mining jurisdictions, and has a global geographic presence.
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Net income from continuing operations attributable to Newmont stockholders increased by $1,725 million year-over-year, reaching $1,891 million, or $1.68 per diluted share. This was primarily due to higher average realized gold prices and gains from asset sales.
Sales increased to $5,010 million, up from $4,023 million in the prior year, driven by higher average realized gold prices. The average realized gold price increased from $2,090 per ounce to $2,944 per ounce.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased by 162% year-over-year, reaching $2,031 million. Free cash flow was reported at $1,205 million.
The company completed the sale of the CC&V, Musselwhite, and Éléonore reportable segments during the quarter. Subsequent to the quarter, the Akyem and Porcupine reportable segments were also sold, generating total pre-tax cash proceeds of $1,088 million.
The company is currently evaluating the impact of the Akyem and Porcupine completed sales on its consolidated financial statements, indicating a strategic shift in asset allocation.
The Coffee reportable segment remains designated as held for sale at March 31, 2025. While the Company remains committed to a plan to sell this asset for a fair price, there is a possibility that the asset held for sale may exceed one year due to events or circumstances beyond the Company's control.
The Board of Directors approved a portfolio optimization program to divest six non-core assets and a development project in February 2024, indicating a proactive approach to capital allocation.
The Company's global operations expose it to risks associated with public health crises, geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures, including but not limited to inflationary conditions, as well as the effects of certain countermeasures taken by central banks, supply chain disruptions resulting from global conflicts and other global events, an uncertain and evolving labor market and trade environment including tariff and regulatory changes.
The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the Akyem and Porcupine completed sales on its consolidated financial statements, indicating a thorough approach to financial reporting.
As a global mining company, the Company's revenue, profitability and future rate of growth are substantially dependent on prevailing metal prices, primarily for gold, but also for copper, silver, lead, and zinc.
The Company's global operations expose it to risks associated with public health crises, geopolitical and macroeconomic pressures, including but not limited to inflationary conditions, as well as the effects of certain countermeasures taken by central banks, supply chain disruptions resulting from global conflicts and other global events, an uncertain and evolving labor market and trade environment including tariff and regulatory changes.
Factors that could have further potential short- and, possibly, long-term material adverse impacts on the Company include, but are not limited to, volatility in commodity prices and the prices for gold and other metals, changes in the equity and debt markets or country specific factors adversely impacting discount rates, significant cost inflation impacts on production, capital and asset retirement costs, logistical challenges, workforce interruptions and financial market disruptions, energy market disruptions, as well as potential impacts to estimated costs and timing of projects.
Newmont is the world's leading gold company and is the only gold company included in the S&P 500 Index and the Fortune 500 list of companies.
We have been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index-World since 2007 and have adopted the World Gold Council's Conflict-Free Gold Policy.
In June 2024, Newmont was named as the only miner in TIME's top 100 green firms ranking. Since 2015, Newmont has been ranked as the mining and metal sector's top gold miner by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment.
Costs applicable to sales for the three months ended March 31, 2025 was in-line with same period in 2024, primarily as a result of an increase in Costs applicable to sales at Ahafo due to higher third-party royalties, offset by a decease in Costs applicable to sales resulting from the sale of the assets of the Telfer reportable segment in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The decrease in Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, is primarily due to the cessation of depreciation and amortization beginning in March 2024 for sites classified as held for sale.
The Company is conducting detailed studies to better estimate water management and other closure activities that will ensure water quality and quantity discharge requirements, including the modifications promulgated by MINAM, as referenced above, will be met.
In 2022, the Company studied various interim passive water treatment options, reported the study results to the Division, and based on an evaluation of additional semi-passive options that involve the usage of power at the portal, updated the remediation liability to $20 in 2022.
CC&V continues to study alternative long-term remediation plans for water discharged from the Carlton Tunnel, and is also working with regulators on the Discharger Specific Variance ("DSV") to identify highest feasible alternative treatment in the context, based on limits such as area topography.
Construction of the effluent pipeline began in 2021, and construction of the new WTP began in 2022. The WTP and effluent pipeline are expected to be operating in 2026.
In April 2025, the Board declared a dividend of $0.25 per share.
In February 2024, the Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of outstanding common stock to provide returns to stockholders, provided that the aggregate value of shares of common stock repurchased under the new program does not exceed $1 billion. This program has been completed.
In October 2024, the Board of Directors authorized an additional $2 billion stock repurchase program to repurchase shares of outstanding common stock. The program will expire after 24 months (in October 2026).
We have been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index-World since 2007 and have adopted the World Gold Council's Conflict-Free Gold Policy.
In June 2024, Newmont was named as the only miner in TIME's top 100 green firms ranking. Since 2015, Newmont has been ranked as the mining and metal sector's top gold miner by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment.
Additionally, the Cadia PPA will provide the Company with access to large scale generation certificates which the Company intends to surrender to achieve a reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions.
We continue to monitor the foreign currency exposure risk and the evolution of currency controls, which are currently not expected to have a material impact on our financial statements.
With the resulting volatile environment, we continue to monitor inflationary conditions, the effects of certain countermeasures taken by central banks, and the potential for further supply chain disruptions, as well as an uncertain and evolving labor market and trade environment including tariff and regulatory changes.
The Company is conducting detailed studies to better estimate water management and other closure activities that will ensure water quality and quantity discharge requirements, including the modifications promulgated by MINAM, as referenced above, will be met.