Our Tanami operations are situated in the remote Tanami desert of the Northern Territory, located about 330 miles (531 kilometers) northwest of Alice Springs. Current production comes from the high-grade Callie underground mine.

In 2007, the Tanami operation produced 439,000 equity ounces of gold and contained an estimated 1.7 million equity ounces of gold reserves and 900,000 tons of non-reserve mineralization.

Work force

Due to the remote location of the mine, Newmont maintains two camps on site for contractors and employees, who work on a fly-in, fly-out schedule. Central to our operations is a nine-week vocational training program to employ Aboriginal people living in communities close to the mine. In 2007, 12 percent of our 800-plus work force was comprised of Aboriginal people.

Community

Newmont Tanami has been sensitive to the many reforms currently being driven by governments and recognizes the importance of developing, in remote Aboriginal communities, long-term capacity that extends beyond the life of the mine. We collaborated with the Australian government, the Northern Territory government and the Central Land Council (a representative body for Aboriginal peoples) to create a Regional Partnership Agreement that delivers improved services to local indigenous people, achieves sustained employment and generates economic development.

Environment

Newmont Tanami started a unique Regional Biodiversity Project in collaboration with the Central Land Council and the Aboriginal Warlpiri Rangers to monitor the impact of current mining activities on wildlife abundance in the area. The study covers both plants and animals, and identifies wildlife populations, health and other information. Thanks to the local knowledge and insight of the Warlpiri Rangers, scientists were able to collect more accurate baseline data that will help in comparison to future assessments.