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Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Information concerning Newmont’s directors, Audit Committee, compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and Code of Ethics is contained in Newmont’s definitive Proxy Statement, filed pursuant to Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Information concerning Newmont’s executive officers, as of December 31, 2023, is set forth below:

NameAgeOffice
Thomas R. Palmer56President and Chief Executive Officer
Robert D. Atkinson55Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (1)
Natascha Viljoen53Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (1)
Karyn F. Ovelmen60Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Jennifer Cmil53Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Peter Toth54Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer, and Executive, Australia
Dean Gehring55Executive Vice President, Chief Integration Officer, and Interim Chief Technology Officer
Mark D. Ebel57Interim Chief Legal Officer (2)
Suzanne Retallack47Executive Vice President, Chief Safety and Sustainability Officer, and Executive, Australia
Joshua L. Cage49Chief Accounting Officer and Controller

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(1)A planful transition of the Chief Operating Officer role has been underway since October 2023. It is expected that Ms. Viljoen will assume full Chief Operating Officer accountability for all Business Units, effective March 1, 2024.

(2)A transition of the Chief Legal Officer role is also expected in March 2024 when Mr. Peter Wexler joins the Company.

There are no family relationships by blood, marriage or adoption among any of the above executive officers or members of the Board of Directors of Newmont. Each executive officer is elected annually by the Board of Directors of Newmont to serve for one year or until his or her respective successor is elected and qualified. There is no arrangement or understanding between any of the above executive officers and any other person pursuant to which he or she was selected as an executive officer.

Mr. Palmer was first elected as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors in October 2019. He served as President since June 2019 and as President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2018 until June 2019. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since May 2016. Mr. Palmer was elected Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific in February 2015 after serving as Senior Vice President, Indonesia since March 2014. Prior to joining Newmont, he was the Chief Operating Officer, Pilbara Mines at Rio Tinto Iron Ore. Over a 20-year career with Rio Tinto, Mr. Palmer worked in a variety of roles across a number of commodities, including General Manager, Technology for the Bauxite and Alumina business; General Manager, Operations at Hail Creek coal mine; and General Manager, Asset Management at Palabora Mining Company in South Africa.

Mr. Atkinson is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Newmont, positions he has held since June 2019. In connection with the transition of the Chief Operating Officer role to Ms. Viljoen, from October 2023 to early 2024, Mr. Atkinson continued to act as co-Chief Operating Officer and hold accountability for the Company’s Africa, Peru, and Latin America & Caribbean (formally South America) Business Units, as well as for Global Projects, and support the transition of critical operational integration activities. Following completion of the transition of all Business Units to Ms. Viljoen, Mr. Atkinson will be departing the Company, effective May 2, 2024. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Atkinson served as Head of Productivity and Technical Support for Rio Tinto from 2016 to 2019. He also formerly served as Chief Operating Officer for Rio Tinto’s portfolio of copper interests in Mongolia, the United States, Chile and Indonesia. Prior to that Mr. Atkinson lead ASX-listed Energy Resources of Australia as Chief Executive and Director and served as General Manager of Weipa Bauxite.

Ms. Viljoen joined Newmont’s Executive Leadership Team in October 2023 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. After an onboarding period, Ms. Viljoen assumed accountability for the Company’s Australia and North America Business Units in November 2023 and the newly acquired Papua New Guinea Business Unit. Effective March 1, 2024, Ms. Viljoen will assume accountability for all Business Units. Prior to joining Newmont, Ms. Viljoen served as Chief Executive Officer of Anglo American’s platinum business in South Africa since 2020, having previously held a series of operating and technical positions within the organization, including as Group Head of Processing. Prior to joining Anglo American, she spent six years at Lonmin, where she served on the executive committee as Executive Vice President of Processing, also with responsibility for several wider corporate functions, including sustainability.

Ms. Ovelmen joined Newmont in May 2023 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Ovelmen has over 30 years of financial, accounting and operating experience across the energy, manufacturing and distribution industries, including over 12 years in Chief Financial Officer roles. Most recently, Ms. Ovelmen has served as a non-executive and independent director of Hess Corporation since November 2020, including as a member of the Audit Committee, and as a non-executive and independent director of ArcelorMittal since May 2015, including as lead independent director, chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and chair of the Appointment

Remuneration and Corporate Governance Committee. From January 2019 to December 2019, Ms. Ovelmen was the Gas Power Transformation Leader for the General Electric Company. Ms. Ovelmen served on the Board of Gates Industrial Corporation plc. as a non-executive director and was a member of their Audit Committee from December 2017 to March 2019. She previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Flowserve from June 2015 to February 2017, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of LyondellBasell Industries NV from 2011 to May 2015, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Petroplus Holdings AG from May 2006 to September 2010 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Argus Services Corporation from 2005 to 2006. Prior to that, she was Vice President of External Reporting and Investor Relations for Premcor Refining Group Inc. She also spent 12 years with PricewaterhouseCoopers, primarily serving energy industry accounts, as a Certified Public Accountant.

Ms. Cmil is Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer of Newmont, positions she has held since October 2019. Ms. Cmil first joined Newmont in 2010 as Senior Director, Human Resources. Prior to joining Newmont, Ms. Cmil held leadership positions in human resources across multiple industries, including Vice President of Human Resources at Level 3 Telecommunications, Senior Human Resources Director at KB Home and Human Resources Partner at Sun Microsystems, where she began her career in 1994.

Mr. Toth was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer in June 2023. Mr. Toth joined Newmont in July 2022 as Executive Vice President, Strategic Development and his role was expanded to include Sustainability in September of 2022 to become Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Toth worked at Rio Tinto from April 2014, with his last role being Group Executive, Strategy and Development, with accountability for business development/M&A, strategic partnerships, climate and sustainability strategy, closure, and exploration. Mr. Toth has more than 25 years of leadership experience working in the resources industry across various commodities. Mr. Toth has held senior strategic, commercial, and operational roles across Europe, Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom with Rio Tinto, BHP, and OM Holdings.

Mr. Gehring was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Integration Officer in May 2023 and has also served as the Interim Chief Technology Officer since September 2023. Mr. Gehring joined Newmont in 2017 as Regional Senior Vice President, South America and was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer since June 2019 after serving as since June 2017. Mr. Gehring served as Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer – Peru to lead the Newmont’s Yanacocha operations and the Sulfides project since July 2022. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Gehring served 14 years with Rio Tinto in a variety of executive roles including President and Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto Minerals from October 2014 to October 2016. Prior roles also included Global Head of Safety and Security and General Manager of Resource Development for the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. Mr. Gehring previously worked as Manager of Technical Services at Freeport’s Grasberg mine and held various operational and technical roles with BHP Billiton prior to that.

Mr. Ebel was promoted to Interim Chief Legal Officer in June 2023, after previously serving as Vice President and Associate General Counsel since June 2019. Mr. Ebel joined Newmont in 2011 and served as Associate General Counsel from 2011 to 2019. He is responsible for M&A, financing and a variety of additional transactional and compliance matters. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Ebel was Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel at Eyeris Inc., and partner at Holland & Hart, LLP.

Ms. Retallack was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer in June 2023 and Executive, Australia in October 2023. Ms. Retallack previously served as the Company's Senior Vice President for Health, Safety and Security in 2022, and Vice President Health, Safety and Security from March 2019 through 2021. Prior to joining Newmont, Ms. Retallack held several senior roles in Health and Safety, Environment and Security within Rio Tinto from March 2003 to August 2019 and has over 20 years of experience, progressively holding more senior global Health, Safety and Security leadership roles across multiple commodities.

Mr. Cage has served as Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller since October 2022. Mr. Cage has over 19 years of service with Newmont in roles of progressive responsibility and held the position of Assistant Controller from 2014 to 2022. Prior to that, he served as Senior Director, Business Planning, Site Controller – Indonesia and Director, Technical Accounting and SEC Reporting. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Cage held audit manager and senior auditor roles at Ernst & Young and KPMG, respectively.

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