Newmont Mining Corporation Job Vacancy For Africa Land Manager

Purpose

To acquire, maintain, and divest land, and various legal interests in land, within Africa in support of the company’s exploration, development, social / community, and mining endeavours. To represent Newmont’s interest with business partners across the Region and establish sound internal and external stakeholder networks regarding the company’s lands and various legal interests in land.

Essential Duties

Coordination with Key Internal and External Stakeholders:

• Foster communications between the Region and global Land, Legal, Exploration, and Corporate Development departments to ensure that regional endeavours are aligned and consistent with global policies, procedures, and expectations.
• Negotiate with third parties (e.g., indigenous communities, individuals, companies, etc.) for the acquisition of surface and subsurface land rights required for mine development or mine operations.

Land and Technical Duties:

• Plan, forecast, budget, and satisfy all land-related obligations necessary to maintain the validity of all of company’s lands, and interests in land, located in the Region, including, but not limited to, working with other departments to guarantee:
  • exploration expenditures are timely and properly made.
  • monetary obligations, including royalties, are timely and properly made or received.
  • reports required by government entities and third-parties are timely and properly submitted / filed or received.
• Coordinate with Regional VP, Legal, Land teammates, outside legal counsel and advisors, and other departments (e.g., Exploration, Corporate Development, S&ER, Finance, Operations, etc.), to provide critical land expertise and support in negotiating land-related agreements with private, indigenous, or governmental entities.
• Conduct field inspections to verify required monuments delimiting our lands are properly erected and maintained, together with identifying trespass or illegal mining.

Regulatory Liaison:  

• Verify that all relevant transactions are conducted and concluded in accordance with the Company’s Code of Conduct and values.
• Coordinate with Regional VP, Legal, Land teammates, outside legal counsel and advisors, and other departments (e.g., Exploration, Corporate Development, S&ER, Finance, Operations, etc.) to determine surface and subsurface land rights needed for Company’s exploration, development, mining, processing, reclamation/closure, and other corporate activities, including such rights needed for associated facilities, mitigation, exchanges, and other strategic needs of the Company, including those land rights to be retained by the Company in farm-outs, exchanges, outgoing leases, options, and related transactions.
• Verify all land rights are properly registered or recorded in appropriate public and / or mining registries.

Reporting and Tracking Obligations

• Report and maintain land database, records, maps, reports, etc. to advise the company of its land holdings and associated agreements, rights, terms, payments, royalties, maintenance obligations, and receivables.
• Work with Land teammates, develop, monitor, and maintain knowledge of competitor-owned lands, and interests in land, located adjacent or near Company’s mines and projects and identify opportunities to either acquire or divest land, or various interests in land.