SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January, 2005
Commission File Number: 001-13382
KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
52ND FLOOR, SCOTIA PLAZA, 40 KING STREET WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO M5H 3Y2
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Form 20-F Form 40-F X
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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_____
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper
of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to
security holders.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):_____
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of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the
registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of
the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally
organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the home
country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long as the
report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has
not been distributed to the registrant's security holders, and, if discussing a
material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other
Commission filing on EDGAR.
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained
in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes No X
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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2b:
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This report on Form 6-K is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing a
copy of the Material Change Report dated December 31, 2004 filed by Kinross Gold
Corporation on SEDAR regarding the purchase by Kinross of a 51% interest in the
Paracatu Mine located in Brazil and the Share Sale Agreement dated December 9,
2004 pursuant to which the interest was acquired.
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Table of Contents
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1 Material Change Report dated December 31, 2004.
99.2 Material Agreement - Share Sale Agreement entered into between Kinross
Gold Corporation and various of its subsidiaries and Rio Tinto Zinc and
various of its subsidiaries dated December 9, 2004.
This Current Report on Form 6-K, dated January 4, 2005 is specifically
incorporated by reference into Kinross Gold Corporation's Registration Statement
on Form F-10 (Registration No. 333-102660), filed on January 22, 2003, as
amended on January 29, 2003.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
Signed:/Shelley M. Riley
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Corporate Secretary
January 4, 2005.