Newmont has faced setbacks in Peru before. A mercury spill in 2000 dented the reputation of Minera Yanococha and Newmont. Protests over fears of groundwater contamination in 2004 ended plans to expand the Yanacocha mine.
Mr. O'Brien of Newmont acknowledged the company has occasionally stumbled. "In the 20 years of the relationship between Yanacocha and Cajamarca, there have been good times and there have been times when we could have done a better job," he said.
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