---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-094520"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NEM"
cik: "0001164727"
company_name: "NEWMONT Corp /DE/"
filed_at: "2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:21:56.722604+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Newmont CEO Tom Palmer to retire Dec 31, 2025; Natascha Viljoen named successor

## Summary
- Tom Palmer will step down as CEO and board member on Dec 31, 2025, after 12 years at Newmont.
- Natascha Viljoen, current President and COO, becomes President and CEO and joins board on Jan 1, 2026.
- Viljoen's compensation: base salary $1.2M, short-term incentive target 150% of base, long-term incentive target $7M (2/3 PSU, 1/3 RSU).
- Palmer to serve as strategic advisor from Jan 1 to Mar 31, 2026, with base salary and continued PSU vesting.
- Palmer's transition agreement includes a 12-month non-compete covenant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-094520
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NEM
- cik: 0001164727
- company_name: NEWMONT Corp /DE/
- filed_at: 2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1164727/000110465925094520/0001104659-25-094520-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1164727/000110465925094520/tm2527102d1_8k.htm

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