Newmont Mining Corporation is a gold producer with operations on five continents and active in the exploration for, and acquisition of, gold properties in some of the world's best gold districts. It has 34,000 employees and contractors worldwide and operates core assets in North America, South America, Australia, Indonesia and Ghana. Founded in 1921 in New York, it has been trading on the New York Stock Exchange since 1925, and the Australian and Toronto stock exchanges. It is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.