NEWCREST MINING LIMITED - Standard & Poor's Rating Change

MELBOURNE, Victoria, Aug. 15, 2013 /CNW/ - Newcrest Mining Limited (Newcrest) notes the announcement by Standard & Poor's that it has revised its credit rating of Newcrest from BBB to BBB- with a stable outlook.

Newcrest confirms that there are no triggers in Newcrest's existing debt arrangements that result in any change to Newcrest's cost or availability of funds under those arrangements as a consequence of Standard & Poor's announcement.

This information is available on Newcrest's website at www.newcrest.com.au and at www.sedar.com.

SOURCE: Newcrest Mining Limited

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