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                               CONSENT OF EXPERTS


I hereby consent to the filing of that certain Paracatu Project Technical Report
dated December 11, 2005, including the identification of me as expert, 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, 333-110208, 333-12662, 333-13744,
and 333-13742.

By:      /Wesley Hanson/
         Wesley Hanson, P.Geo.
Title:   Director, Technical Services

Date:    December 19, 2005.
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