Newmont — Jul 23, 2026 release

2 Maintaining an Optimized Capital Structure Through the Cycle Newmont is focused on maintaining a resilient balance sheet, anchored by a $1 billion net cash target 3 , with flexibility of plus or minus $2 billion depending on market conditions. During strong commodity price environments, Newmont intends to further optimize its balance sheet by actively managing gross debt, while maintaining a minimum cash balance of $5 billion through the cycle. Newmont ended the second quarter of 2026 with a cash balance of $9 billion and a net cash balance of $3.4 billion 3 . Ratable Share Repurchase Program Since the last earnings call, Newmont executed $1.7 billion of share repurchases under the current repurchase authorization of $6.0 billion. Newmont intends to request additional approval from its Board of Directors as the current authorization approaches completion, consistent with the Company's disciplined and repeatable approach to returning excess cash to shareholders. 1 See cautionary statement at the end of this release. The Capital Allocation Framework is provided for illustrative purposes and remains non-binding. Guidance expectations, including capital allocation uses, future dividends, debt management and share repurchases, are forward-looking statements. An annualized dividend has not been declared by the Board of Directors. 2 Sustaining and development capital guidance and spend to date excludes capitalized interest. 3 Net cash balance is Cash and cash equivalents less Debt and Lease and other financing obligations as presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Net cash balance will change based on N