Newmont clarifies

First of all, we thank you for publishing an article on the humanitarian aid from Newmont Mining Corporation for earthquake and tsunami victims entitled Companies continue to pour aid into Aceh, N. Sumatra, in The Jakarta Post of Jan. 17 on page 13.

Nevertheless, we would like to make a correction. The article stated "About 200 Newmont employees and their families were killed or were missing in the disaster". It should have read "Approximately 200 relatives and family members of Newmont employees are either victims or missing in the disaster".

As such, no Newmont employees were killed or missing.

RUBI W. PURNOMO Public Relations Manager Newmont Indonesia

Note: Thank you for your clarification. -- Editor