Exhibit 3.4 

CERTIFICATE

Certificate of the Registration of a Company

Corporations Act 2001 Paragraph 1274 (2) (b)

This is to certify that

NEWCREST FINANCE PTY LIMITED

Australian Company Number 072 648 705

is taken to be registered as a company under the Corporations Act 2001 in Victoria.

The company is limited by shares.

The company is a proprietary company.

The day of commencement of registration is the thirtieth day of January 1996.