Make an investment decision for the Yanacocha Sulfides project

Not delivered by the deadline

AI-confirmed · human review in progress Independent AI checks agreed on primary SEC or regulator evidence. Records are now being reviewed by hand, starting with those our customers order.

Announced: 29 Apr 2021
Due: 31 Dec 2021
Checked: 18 Oct 2026

Deadline
Met
Late
Not met
Today

What the company said

“An investment decision is expected in the second half of 2021”

SourceNewmont Form 8-K press release, 2021-04-29
FilingSEC filing index
Deadline as statedin the second half of 2021
Deadline used31 Dec 2021, the last day of the stated period
TypeProject
Permanent referenceKI-C-2021-NEM-015219
Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2021-NEM-015219/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

Newmont did not make the investment decision for the Yanacocha Sulfides project by the end of 2021; subsequent filings indicate the decision was delayed to late 2022.

A
Newmont 8-K filed 2022-02-24 Regulatory filing · published 24 Feb 2022 · retrieved 18 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint 2fe1b63ed62b
“Total capital costs for the project are estimated at $2.5 billion, with an investment decision expected in late 2022” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved -6.5% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (23 Feb 2022 to 28 Feb 2022). What this measures

Checked 18 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

Deadline drift +1096 days
2 versions

Version 1 · original · stated 29 Apr 2021

Deadline 31 Dec 2021 (“in the second half of 2021”) · wording expected
Version 2 · stated 28 Oct 2021

Deadline 31 Dec 2022 (“second half of 2022”) · wording expected

“full funds decision expected in the second half of 2022”
Source for this version
Version 3 · stated 27 Apr 2023

Deadline 31 Dec 2024 (“late 2024”) · wording expected

“investment decision planned for late 2024”
Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type: Project other
Indicative materiality: Low rules
Action: Make
Deliverable: Yanacocha Sulfides investment decision
Where: South America
Language: Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control: High
Specificity: High

How this entry was checked

Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.
Third check on a negative finding: agreesBecause a negative finding could harm a company if wrong, a stronger model re-read the evidence fully blind and reached the same answer.

Confirmed. This outcome counts towards the company's Kept Score. How verification works

Are you Newmont? You can publish an official statement next to this entry, free. Add a statement.

Is something here wrong or out of date? Companies and readers can ask us to check it. Please bring a link to a public source.