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                               CONSENT OF EXPERTS



I hereby consent to the filing of that certain Buckhorn Mountain Technical
Report dated December, 2003, including the identification of us as experts,
under cover of Form 6-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the
incorporation by reference of that report and information into Kinross Gold
Corporation's registration statements on Form S-8, Registration Nos. 333-05776,
033-93926, 033-82450, 333-08936, 333-09004, 333-12662, 333-13744, and 333-13742.



By:  /s/ Michael Michaud, P. Eng.
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         Michael Michaud, P. Eng.

Date:    September 15, 2004

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