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Newmont (New York Stock Exchange: NEM) said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell its Akyem gold mine project in Ghana to China’s Zijin Mining (OTCPK:ZIJMF) (OTCPK:ZIJMY) for up to $1 billion in cash, part of the U.S. company’s plan to sell assets non-essential.