UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

 

 

Form 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

☒QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31, 2017

 

or

 

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from              to              

 

Commission File Number: 001-31240

 

NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (303) 863-7414

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    ☒  Yes    ☐  No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    ☒  Yes    ☐  No

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12-b2 of the Exchange Act.

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12-b2 of the Exchange Act).    ☐  Yes    ☒   No

 

There were 533,233,294 shares of common stock outstanding on April 17, 2017.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION

 

FIRST QUARTER 2017 RESULTS AND HIGHLIGHTS

(unaudited, in millions, except per share, per ounce and per pound)

 

 

First Quarter 2017 Highlights

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our global project pipeline

 

Projects included in our global pipeline comprise an important part of the Company’s growth strategy and reflect opportunities throughout the development cycle. The most advanced projects, including early stage development and projects in or near the execution phase are described below. The exploration, construction and execution of these projects may require significant funding to complete. 

 

Tanami Expansion, Australia. The scope for this project includes a second decline in the mine and incremental capacity in the plant to increase profitable production and serve as a platform for future growth. The project is on track to reach commercial production mid-2017 and will maintain Tanami’s annual gold production at 425,000 to 475,000 ounces for the first five years. Development capital costs (excluding capitalized interest) since approval were $87, of which $13 were related to the first quarter of 2017.

 

Subika Underground, Africa. The Board of Directors approved full funding of the Subika Underground Project in April 2017. This project leverages existing infrastructure and an optimized approach to develop Ahafo’s most promising underground resource. First production is expected in the second half of 2017 with commercial production beginning in the second half of 2018. The project is expected to increase average annual gold production by between 150,000 and 200,000 ounces per year for the first five years beginning in 2019 with an initial mine life of approximately 11 years.

 

Ahafo Mill Expansion, Africa. The Board of Directors approved full funding of the Ahafo Mill Expansion Project in April 2017. This project is designed to maximize resource value by improving production margins and accelerating stockpile processing. The project also supports profitable development of Ahafo’s highly prospective underground resource. The expansion is expected to increase average annual gold production by between 75,000 and 100,000 ounces per year for the first five years beginning in 2020. 

 

Quecher Main, South America. Quecher Main is a potential brownfield development within the existing footprint of Yanacocha that will add oxide production and serve as a bridge to development of Yanacocha’s considerable sulfide deposits. Quecher Main extends the life of the Yanacocha operation to 2025, with average annual gold production of about 200,000 ounces (on a consolidated basis) between 2020 and 2025. An investment decision is expected in the second half of 2017.

 

Twin Underground, North America. Twin Underground is a portal mine beneath Twin Creek’s Vista surface mine with similar mineralization.  The expansion would add about 30,000 ounces of gold per year for the first five years. An investment decision is expected in the second half of 2017 with first production in 2018.

 

We manage our wider project portfolio to maintain flexibility to address the development risks associated with our projects including permitting, local community and government support, engineering and procurement availability, technical issues, escalating costs and other associated risks that could adversely impact the timing and costs of certain opportunities. 

 

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

 

NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited, in millions except per share)

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(unaudited, in millions)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS 

(unaudited, in millions)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

NEWMONT MINING CORPORATION

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS 

(unaudited, in millions)

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

NOTE 1     BASIS OF PRESENTATION

 

The interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (“interim statements”) of Newmont Mining Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Newmont” or the “Company”) are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of these interim statements have been included. The results reported in these interim statements are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be reported for the entire year. These interim statements should be read in conjunction with Newmont’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed on February 21, 2017 on Form 10-K. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from the audited financial statements and, in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q, certain information and footnote disclosures required by United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted. References to “A$” refers to Australian currency and “C$” refers to Canadian currency.

 

On November 2, 2016, Newmont completed the sale of its 48.5% economic interest in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (“PTNNT”), which operated the Batu Hijau copper and gold mine (“Batu Hijau”) in Indonesia (the “Batu Hijau Transaction”). As a result, Newmont presents Batu Hijau as a discontinued operation for all periods presented. Accordingly, (i) our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Cash Flows have been reclassified to present Batu Hijau as a discontinued operation for all periods presented and (ii) the amounts presented in these notes relate only to our continuing operations, unless otherwise noted. For additional information regarding our discontinued operations, see Note 3.

 

NOTE 2     SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Risks and Uncertainties

 

As a global mining company, the Company’s revenue, profitability and future rate of growth are substantially dependent on prevailing prices for gold and copper. Historically, the commodity markets have been very volatile, and there can be no assurance that commodity prices will not be subject to wide fluctuations in the future. A substantial or extended decline in commodity prices could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows, access to capital and on the quantities of reserves that the Company can economically produce. The carrying value of the Company’s Property, plant and mine development,  net; Inventories; Stockpiles and ore on leach pads and Deferred income tax assets are particularly sensitive to the outlook for commodity prices. A decline in the Company’s price outlook from current levels could result in material impairment charges related to these assets.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the accounting for and recognition and disclosure of assets, liabilities, equity, revenues and expenses. The Company must make these estimates and assumptions because certain information used is dependent on future events, cannot be calculated with a high degree of precision from data available or simply cannot be readily calculated based on generally accepted methodologies. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

Stock-based compensation

 

In March 2016, ASU No. 2016-09 was issued related to stock-based compensation. The new guidance simplifies the accounting for stock-based compensation transactions, including income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities and classification of cash payments related to tax withholdings on behalf of employees on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company adopted this guidance as of January 1, 2017 and reclassified $(4) from Net cash

provided by (used in) operating activities of continuing operations to Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities of continuing operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2016. Adoption of this guidance had no other impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements or disclosures.

 

Inventory

 

In July 2015, ASU No. 2015-11 was issued related to inventory, simplifying the subsequent measurement of inventories by replacing the lower of cost or market test with a lower of cost and net realizable value test. The update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2016.  The Company records inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value and the adoption of this guidance effective January 1, 2017 had no impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements or disclosures.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

Employee Benefits

 

In March 2017, ASU No. 2017-07 was issued related to the presentation of net periodic pension and postretirement cost. The new guidance requires the service cost component of net benefit costs be classified similar to other compensation costs arising from services rendered by employees. Other components of net benefit costs are required to be classified separately from the service cost and outside income from operations. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company anticipates adopting this new guidance effective January 1, 2018. The adoption of this guidance will result in the reclassification of other components of net benefit costs from Costs and expenses to Other income, net and will no longer be included in costs that benefit the inventory/production process. The adoption of this guidance is not expected to have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures.

 

Goodwill

 

In January 2017, ASU No. 2017-04 was issued which removes step two from the goodwill impairment test. As a result, an entity should perform its annual goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount and should recognize an impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value.  This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2019 and early adoption is permitted. The Company has adopted this new guidance effective April 1, 2017; however it will not have  a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements or disclosures.

 

Business Combinations

 

In January 2017, ASU No. 2017-01 was issued clarifying the definition of a business and providing additional guidance for determining whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions of assets or businesses. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted. The new guidance is required to be applied on a prospective basis. The Company has adopted this new guidance effective April 1, 2017.  

 

Restricted Cash

 

In November 2016, ASU No. 2016-18 was issued related to the inclusion of restricted cash in the statement of cash flows. This new guidance requires that a statement of cash flows explain the change during the period in the total of cash, cash equivalents and amounts generally described as restricted cash or restricted cash equivalents. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted.

The adoption of this guidance will result in the inclusion of the restricted cash balances within the overall cash balance and removal of the changes in restricted cash activity, which is currently recognized in Other financing activities, on the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows. Furthermore, the Company will be required to reconcile Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Consolidated Balance Sheets to the total shown in the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows. The Company anticipates adopting this new guidance effective January 1, 2018 and does not expect it to have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements or disclosures.

 

Intra-Entity Transfers

 

In October 2016, ASU No. 2016-16 was issued related to the intra-entity transfers of assets other than inventory. This new guidance requires entities to recognize the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this guidance and the impact it will have on the Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures.

 

Statement of Cash Flows

 

In August 2016, ASU No. 2016-15 was issued related to the statement of cash flows. This new guidance addresses eight specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this guidance and the impact it will have on the Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures.

 

Leases

 

In February 2016, ASU No. 2016-02 was issued related to leases. The new guidance modifies the classification criteria and requires lessees to recognize the assets and liabilities arising from most leases on the balance sheet. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this guidance and the impact it will have on the Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures. The Company anticipates adopting the new standard effective January 1, 2019.

 

Investments

 

In January 2016, ASU No. 2016-01 was issued related to financial instruments. The new guidance requires entities to measure equity investments that do not result in consolidation and are not accounted for under the equity method at fair value and recognize any changes in fair value in net income. This new guidance also updates certain disclosure requirements for these investments. This update is effective in fiscal years, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017 and early adoption is not permitted. The Company expects the updated guidance to have a material impact on the Consolidated Balance Sheets upon adoption. The impact on the Consolidated Statement of Operations will depend on the Company’s investments and future changes in fair value, but is not expected to be material. The Company does not expect a material impact on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

 

Revenue recognition

 

In May 2014, ASU No. 2014-09 was issued related to revenue from contracts with customers. This ASU was further amended in August 2015, March 2016, April 2016, May 2016 and December 2016 by ASU No. 2015-14, No. 2016-08, No. 2016-10, No. 2016-12 and No. 2016-20, respectively. The new standard provides a five-step approach to be applied to all contracts with customers and also requires expanded disclosures about revenue recognition. In August

2015, the effective date was deferred to reporting periods, including interim periods, beginning after December 15, 2017 and will be applied retrospectively.

 

The Company is currently performing an assessment of the revised standard and impacts on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and disclosures. To date, the Company has reviewed a sample of contracts that are representative of the current types of product sold. Management is still in the process of completing their assessment of the impacts; however, based on the sample reviewed, the Company anticipates the standard having a potential impact to the timing of revenue recognition due to a potential change in timing of when control is transferred to the customer. The Company continues to evaluate the potential impacts due to timing of revenue recognition, but does not expect it to have a material impact on the Consolidated Financial Statements. Additionally, the Company continues to assess the potential impacts on insurance payments, variable consideration on concentrate sales, and refining fee classifications under the new standard. Based on preliminary findings, the Company does not expect these areas to have a significant impact on revenue recognition. The Company expects to have an update to the impacts of the standard in the second quarter of 2017.

 

The Company anticipates adopting the new standard effective January 1, 2018. The guidance may be applied retrospectively for all periods presented or retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application. The Company currently anticipates adopting the standard retrospectively with the cumulative effect of initially applying the amended guidance recognized at January 1, 2018.

 

 

 NOTE 3     DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

 

The details of our Net income (loss) from discontinued operations are set forth below:

 

 

The Batu Hijau Transaction

 

On November 2, 2016, Newmont completed the sale of its 48.5% economic interest in PTNNT, which operated the Batu Hijau copper and gold mine, previously reported in the Asia Pacific segment (renamed as the Australia segment during the first quarter of 2017).

 

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations that relates to Batu Hijau consists of the following: 

 

 

The condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) were not impacted by discontinued operations as PTNNT did not have any other comprehensive income (loss).

 

Cash flows from Batu Hijau consist of the following:

 

 

The Holt Royalty Obligation

 

Discontinued operations include a retained royalty obligation to Holloway Mining Company. Holloway Mining Company, which owned the Holt-McDermott property (“Holt”), was sold to St. Andrew Goldfields Ltd. (“St. Andrew”) in 2006. In January 2016, St. Andrew was acquired by Kirkland Lake Gold Ltd. 

 

At March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the estimated fair value of the Holt royalty obligation was $220 and $187, respectively. Changes to the estimated fair value resulting from periodic revaluations are recorded to Net income (loss) from discontinued operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded a gain (loss) of $(23) and $(26), net of tax benefit (expense) of $13 and $11, respectively, related to the Holt royalty obligation. 

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company paid $3 and $2, respectively, related to the Holt royalty obligation.  Refer to Note 13 for additional information on the Holt royalty obligation.

 

 

NOTE 4     SEGMENT INFORMATION

 

The Company has organized its operations into four geographic regions. The geographic regions include North America, South America, Australia and Africa and represent the Company’s operating segments. The results of these operating segments are reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker to make decisions about resources to be allocated to the segments and assess their performance. As a result, these operating segments represent the Company’s reportable segments. Notwithstanding this structure, the Company internally reports information on a mine-by-mine basis for each mining operation and has chosen to disclose this information on the following tables. Income (loss) before income and mining tax and other items from reportable segments does not reflect general corporate expenses, interest (except project-specific interest) or income and mining taxes. Intercompany revenue and expense amounts have been eliminated within each segment in order to report on the basis that management uses internally for evaluating segment performance. Newmont’s business activities that are not considered operating segments are included in Corporate and Other. Although they are not required to be included in this footnote, they are provided for reconciliation purposes.

 

Segment results for the prior period have been retrospectively revised to reflect the following changes:

 

 

 

 

Unless otherwise noted, the Company presents only the reportable segments of our continuing operations in the tables below. The financial information relating to the Company’s segments is as follows: