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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Significant mining properties and entities of Kinross |
|  |  |  |  |  | As at |
|  |  |  |  |  | December 31, |  | December 31, |
Entity |  | Property/ Segment |  | Location |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Subsidiaries: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Consolidated) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fairbanks Gold Mining, Inc. |  | Fort Knox |  | USA |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Kinross Brasil Mineração S.A. (“KBM”) |  | Paracatu |  | Brazil |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Compania Minera Maricunga |  | Maricunga and Lobo Marte / Maricunga and Corporate and Other |  | Chile |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Compania Minera Mantos de Oro |  | La Coipa / Corporate and Other |  | Chile |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Echo Bay Minerals Company |  | Kettle River - Buckhorn |  | USA |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Chukotka Mining and Geological Company |  | Kupol |  | Russian Federation |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Northern Gold LLC |  | Dvoinoye/ Kupol |  | Russian Federation |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Selene Holdings LP (b) |  | White Gold/ Corporate and Other |  | Canada |  | — | (b) | 100 | %
Tasiast Mauritanie Ltd. S.A. |  | Tasiast |  | Mauritania |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Chirano Gold Mines Ltd. (Ghana) (a) |  | Chirano |  | Ghana |  | 90 | % | 90 | %
KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. |  | Bald Mountain |  | USA |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Round Mountain Gold Corporation / KG Mining (Round Mountain) Inc. |  | Round Mountain |  | USA |  | 100 | % | 100 | %
Investment in associate: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Equity accounted) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Compania Minera Casale (c) |  | Cerro Casale/ Corporate and Other |  | Chile |  | — | (c) | 25 | %
Interest in joint ventures: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Equity accounted) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sociedad Contractual Minera Puren |  | Puren/ Corporate and Other |  | Chile |  | 65 | % | 65 | %
Bald Mountain Exploration LLC |  | Bald Mountain Exploration Joint Venture/ Bald Mountain |  | USA |  | 50 | % | 50 | %
| (a) |  | The Company holds a 90% interest in the Chirano Gold Mine with the Government of Ghana having the right to the remaining 10% interest.
| (b) |  | On June 14, 2017, the Company completed the sale of its interest in Selene Holdings LP and the White Gold exploration project in the Yukon Territory to White Gold Corp. See Note 6 ii.
| (c) |  | On June 9, 2017, the Company completed the sale of its interest in Compania Minera Casale and the Cerro Casale project in Chile to Goldcorp Inc. See Note 6 i.

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