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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001188112-04-000003
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20040131
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040105

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KINROSS GOLD CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000701818
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				650430083
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13382
		FILM NUMBER:		04502922

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		185 SOUTH STATE STREET
		STREET 2:		STE 400
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8013639152

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PLEXUS RESOURCES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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                       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, 2004
                        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 40F:

                        Form 20-F           Form 40-F  X
                                  ---                 ---

     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):_____

     Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper 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
                              ---              ---

     If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2b:

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                                      INDEX


                                Table of Contents


SIGNATURES
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99.1     Material Change Report dated January 5, 2004 incorporating Press
         Release dated December 30, 2003.



This Current Report on Form 6-K, dated January 5, 2004, 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
                                                     ----------------
                                                    Corporate Secretary



January 5, 2004.

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[LOGO] KINROSS
        GOLD CORPORATION
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               KINROSS SELLS INTEREST IN PACIFIC RIM MINING CORP.


TORONTO, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 30, 2003...KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION (TSX-K AND
NYSE-KGC) ("KINROSS") announces that it has sold its entire equity ownership
stake in Pacific Rim Mining Corp. (TSX-PMU and Amex-PMU) consisting of
17,606,049 shares for net proceeds of Cdn.$21.8 million. This investment was
deemed not to be strategic to Kinross on a going forward basis.

For  further information, e-mail info@kinross.com or contact:

    Robert M. Buchan              Gordon A. McCreary
    President and                 Vice President
    Chief Executive Officer       Corporate Affairs
    Tel. (416) 365-5650           Tel. (416) 365-5132












     52nd Floor, Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 3Y2

              Telephone (416) 365-5123        Fax (416) 363-6622

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