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                                                                    Exhibit 23.9

                               CONSENT OF EXPERTS


April 20, 2004

I hereby consent to being named and identified as a "qualified person" in
connection with the December 31, 2003 resource and reserve estimates (the
"Estimates") set forth in Amendment No. 1 to the registration statement on Form
F-4 of Kinross Gold Corporation, file number 333-111516 (the "Registration
Statement").

I confirm that I have read the Registration Statement with respect to the
disclosures concerning the Estimates for which I acted as a qualified person and
have no reason to believe that there are any misrepresentations in the
information contained therein related to the Estimates or that are otherwise
within my knowledge as a result of the services performed by me.

Sincerely,


/s/ A. Cheatle
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A. Cheatle, P. Geo.


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