Newmont Mining Digs Up Profit Newmont Mining Digs Up Profit Feb 24, 2005 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Newmont Mining Corp. <NEM.N> on Thursday reported higher fourth-quarter earnings on strong gold prices. The Denver company said net income rose to $182 million, or 41 cents per share, from $153.1 million, or 36 cents per share, a year earlier. Analysts, on average, had been expecting profit of 32 cents per share, according to Reuters Estimates. LINK: <A HREF="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=527433" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=527433</A>