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                                  EXHIBIT 99.6

                      CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-14
               OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES - OXLEY ACT OF 2002

        I, Lars-Eric Johansson, certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this annual report on Form 40-F of Kinross Gold
        Corporation;

2.      Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
        of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make
        the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such
        statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered
        by this report;

3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
        information included in this report, fairly present in all material
        respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
        of the issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.      The issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for
        establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as
        defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the issuer
        and have:

        a)      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
        disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision,
        to ensure that material information relating to the issuer, including
        its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within
        those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is
        being prepared;

        b)      Evaluated the effectiveness of the issuer's disclosure controls
        and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
        effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as to the end
        of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

        c)      Disclosed in this report any change in the issuer's internal
        control over financial reporting that occurred curing the period covered
        by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
        likely to materially affect, the issuer's internal control over
        financial reporting; and

5.      The issuer's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on
        our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,
        to the issuer's auditors and the audit committee of the issuer's board
        of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

        a)      All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
        design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which
        are reasonably likely to adversely affect the issuer's ability to
        record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

        b)      Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
        other employees who have a significant role in the issuer's internal
        control over financial reporting.

February 14, 2006                    /s/ Lars-Eric Johansson
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                                     Lars-Eric Johansson
                                     Chief Financial Officer (principal
                                     financial and accounting officer)

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