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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-10-017851
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100401
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100331

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:		10721389

	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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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;6-K</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16</font></b></p>

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THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For the month of March, 2010</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Commission File Number: 001-13382</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Translation of registrant&#146;s name into English)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">17</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;Floor, 25 York Street,</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Toronto, Ontario&#160; M5J 2V5</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal executive office)</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form&nbsp;20-F or Form&nbsp;40-F:</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1):&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note: Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1)&nbsp;only permits the
submission in paper of a Form&nbsp;6-K if submitted solely to provide an
attached annual report to security holders.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7):&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note: Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7)&nbsp;only permits the
submission in paper of a Form&nbsp;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&#146;s &#147;home country&#148;),
or under the rules&nbsp;of the home country exchange on which the registrant&#146;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&#146;s
security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the
subject of a Form&nbsp;6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.4in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form&nbsp;is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b)&nbsp;under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</font></p>

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registrant in connection with Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b):&#160; 82-________.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Current
Report on Form&nbsp;6-K, dated March&nbsp;31, 2010, is specifically
incorporated by reference into Kinross Gold Corporation&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-141896), filed April&nbsp;4,
2007.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This report on Form&nbsp;6-K
is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing a copy of the press
release dated March&nbsp;31, 2010 in which the Company announced the closing of
its sale of 25% of the Cerro Casale project.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INDEX</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Press release dated March&nbsp;31, 2010</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b><a name="Signatures_030729"></a></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</font></p>

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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:&#160; March&nbsp;31, 2010</font></p>

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</font></b></p>

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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Kinross Gold Corporation</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25 York Street, 17th Floor</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Toronto, ON Canada M5J 2V5</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NEWS RELEASE</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Kinross
announces closing of sale of 25% interest in Cerro Casale</font></b></p>

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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Toronto,
Ontario, March&nbsp;31, 2010 &#150; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K, NYSE: KGC) (&#147;Kinross&#148;)
announced today the closing of its sale of 25% of the Cerro Casale project in
Chile to Barrick Gold Corporation (&#147;Barrick&#148;), previously announced on February&nbsp;17,
2010.</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The total transaction
value to Kinross was approximately US$474 million, comprised of approximately
US$454 million in cash (after adjusting for working capital) plus the
assumption by Barrick of a US$20 million contingent obligation. Kinross now
owns 25%, and Barrick 75%, of the Cerro Casale project.</font></p>

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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About
Kinross Gold Corporation</font></b></p>

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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kinross
is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in the United
States, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Russia, employing approximately 5,500 people
worldwide.</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kinross&#146;
strategic focus is to maximize net asset value and cash flow per share through
a four-point plan built on: delivering mine and financial performance;
attracting and retaining the best people in the industry; achieving operating
excellence through the &#147;Kinross Way&#148;; and delivering future value through
profitable growth opportunities.</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kinross
maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York
Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).</font></p>

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<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Media
Contact</font></b></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steve
Mitchell</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Vice-President, Corporate Communications</font></i></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">phone:
416-365-2726</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">steve.mitchell@kinross.com</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Investor
Relations Contact</font></b></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Erwyn
Naidoo</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Vice-President, Investor Relations</font></i></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">phone:
416-365-2744</font></p>

<p style="background:white;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">erwyn.naidoo@kinross.com</font></p>

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