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                                                                     EXHIBIT 99j


                            KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
                             MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT


Item 1.   Reporting Issuer

The  reporting  issuer  filing  this  material  change  report is  Kinross  Gold
Corporation ("Kinross").

Item 2.   Dates of Material Change

April 11, 2002

Item 3.   Press Releases

Press release was issued by Kinross in Toronto on April 11, 2002 with respect to
the material change and filed via SEDAR.

Item 4.   Summary of Material Change

Kinross Gold Corporation  announced that it had signed a letter of understanding
with a wholly owned  subsidiary of Placer Dome Inc.,  Placer Dome (CLA) Limited,
to form a joint  venture that will combine the two  companies'  respective  gold
mining operations in the Porcupine district in Ontario, Canada.

Item 5.   Full Description of Material Change

Kinross Gold  Corporation  (TSE-K;  AMEX-KGC) is pleased to announce that it has
signed a letter of  understanding  with a wholly owned subsidiary of Placer Dome
Inc.  (TSE-PDG;  NYSE-PDG),  Placer Dome (CLA) Limited,  to form a joint venture
that will combine the two companies'  respective  gold mining  operations in the
Porcupine district in Ontario, Canada.

Placer  will own a 51%  interest  and  Kinross  will own a 49%  interest  in the
Porcupine  Area Joint  Venture,  which will be operated  by a Placer  affiliate.
Placer will  contribute  the Dome mine and mill and Kinross will  contribute the
Hoyle  Pond,  Pamour and  Nighthawk  Lake mines as well as the Bell Creek  mill.
Future capital and operating  costs will be shared in proportion to each party's
ownership interest.

According  to Kinross  Chairman  and CEO,  Robert  Buchan "This will achieve the
ultimate synergies for our Timmins area assets that Kinross has been striving to
attain over the past several  years.  These include lower  operating  costs,  an
opportunity  to  economically  process  the Pamour "60 Pit" and  numerous  other
resources  while  allowing  exploration  and  development of new projects in the
Timmins camp to proceed."

As of December 31, 2001  Kinross'  reserves in the  Porcupine  district  totaled
1.160  million  ounces of gold,  using a $300 per ounce gold  price  assumption.
Measured and  indicated  resources  (excluding  reserves)  totaled 3.045 million
ounces  of gold,  with a  further 2  million  ounces  in the  inferred  resource
category.  The impact of this  transaction is expected to result in a conversion
of  approximately  1.3  million  ounces  of gold  from  measured  and  indicated
resources  at the Pamour "60 Pit" to proven and probable  reserves  using a gold
price assumption of $300 per ounce. Consequently, Pamour "60 Pit" reserves would
be expected  to total  approximately  2.1 million  ounces and are in addition to
year-end  reserves  of over 0.4 million  ounces at the Hoyle Pond mine.  For the
first quarter of 2002, the Hoyle Pond operation  produced  53,476 ounces of gold
equivalent at a total cash cost of $144 per ounce.

As of  December  31,  2001  proven and  probable  reserves at the Dome mine were
approximately  1.3 million ounces of gold, using a gold price assumption of $275
per ounce.  Measured and indicated  resources totaled  approximately 2.1 million
ounces of gold.

The  formation of the joint venture is subject to several  conditions  including
due diligence, completion




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of a definitive agreement,  and the approval of the respective Placer Dome (CLA)
Limited and Kinross Boards of Directors.

This press release  includes  certain  "Forward-Looking  Statements"  within the
meaning of section 21E of the United States Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.  All  statements,  other than statements of historical  fact,  included
herein,   including   without   limitation,   statements   regarding   potential
mineralization and reserves, exploration results and future plans and objectives
of Kinross Gold Corporation  ("Kinross"),  are  forward-looking  statements that
involve  various risks and  uncertainties.  There can be no assurance  that such
statements  will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could
differ materially from those  anticipated in such statements.  Important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from Kinross'  expectations
are  disclosed  under the  heading  "Risk  Factors"  and  elsewhere  in Kinross'
documents  filed from time to time with the Toronto Stock  Exchange,  the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities.

Item 6.   Reliance  on  Section  75(3)  of  the  Securities  Act  (Ontario)  and
analogous securities legislation of each of the other provinces of Canada.

N/A

Item 7.   Omitted Information

N/A

Item 8.   Senior Officer

         Ms. Shelley M. Riley
         Corporate Secretary
         Telephone: (416) 365-5198
         Facsimile: (416) 365-0237

Item 9.   Statement of Senior Officer

          The foregoing  accurately  discloses the material  change  referred to
          herein.

          DATED at Toronto this 11th day of April, 2002.


                                             KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION


                                             PER:   Shelley M. Riley/
                                                    -----------------
                                                    Shelley M. Riley
                                                    Corporate Secretary



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