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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-19-072846
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191216
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191216

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:		191286283

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 YORK STREET
		STREET 2:		17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J 2V5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8013639152

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		25 YORK STREET
		STREET 2:		17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			TORONTO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			M5J 2V5

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PLEXUS RESOURCES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Washington, DC 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">FORM 6-K</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">For the month of December, 2019</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Commission File Number: 001-13382</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt">KINROSS
GOLD CORPORATION</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>17<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, 25 York Street,</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2V5</B></P>

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mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40F:&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Form 20-F&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Form 40-F&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></P>

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if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_____</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Note: Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Indicate by check mark
if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):_____</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Note: Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 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's &quot;home country&quot;), or under the rules of the home country exchange on
which the registrant'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's security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the
subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.</P>

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whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Yes&#9;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT></P>

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is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2b:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0in; text-align: justify">This
report on Form 6-K is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing a copy of the press release dated December 16, 2019 in
which Kinross Gold Corporation announced the US$300 million debt financing for Tasiast.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"><U>SIGNATURES</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"><U>EXHIBIT INDEX</U></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">99.1</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: left">Press Release dated December 16, 2019.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify">Pursuant
to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0in; text-indent: 5.5in; text-align: justify"><B>KINROSS
GOLD CORPORATION&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.5in; text-align: justify">&#9;Signed: //Kathleen M. Grandy//&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.5in; text-align: justify">Vice President, Legal and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 5.5in; text-align: justify">Corporate Secretary&#9;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">December 16, 2019</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right; color: #C59B5F"><B>Kinross Gold Corporation</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">25 York Street, 17th Floor</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right">Toronto, ON Canada M5J 2V5</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; color: gray"><B>NEWS RELEASE&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; color: gray"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; color: #C69C5F"><B>Kinross announces US$300
million debt financing for Tasiast</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Toronto, Ontario </B>&ndash; <B>December
16, 2019</B> &ndash; Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K; NYSE:KGC) (&ldquo;Kinross&rdquo;) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary,
Tasiast Mauritanie Limited S.A., has signed a definitive loan agreement for up to US$300 million for its Tasiast operation in Mauritania
with the IFC (a member of the World Bank Group), Export Development Canada, and with the participation of ING Bank and Soci&eacute;t&eacute;
G&eacute;n&eacute;rale.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&ldquo;We are pleased to have signed the
loan agreement, which is indicative of the support from a multilateral lender, an export credit agency and two international banks
for our Tasiast operation. The completion of this facility underscores the attractive foreign investment climate in Mauritania,&rdquo;
said J. Paul Rollinson, Kinross President and CEO. &ldquo;Tasiast has continued to achieve strong results and has operationally
outperformed since the completion of the initial expansion. We believe this agreement will contribute to the long-term success
of Tasiast for the benefit of both Kinross and the people of Mauritania.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Aliou Maiga, IFC&rsquo;s Regional Director
for West and Central Africa said: &ldquo;This is IFC&rsquo;s largest ever investment in Mauritania and aligns with our strategy
to support private sector development in Africa. IFC&rsquo;s support for Tasiast reflects the World Bank Group&rsquo;s alignment
with the Government of Mauritania&rsquo;s development agenda and the project&rsquo;s commitment to maintain best-in-class environmental
and social practices and sustain skilled employment. The project will support the Government of Mauritania&rsquo;s investments
in the country&rsquo;s economic and social development.&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The agreement was signed following a comprehensive
due diligence process with the lenders, including site visits, meetings with the Government of Mauritania, and significant technical
and environmental reviews and evaluations.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The 8-year loan, which is non-recourse
to Kinross, matures in December 2027 and has a floating interest rate of LIBOR plus 4.38%. The initial drawdown under the loan
agreement is expected in early 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions precedent.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; color: #C59B5F"><B>About Kinross Gold Corporation </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; color: #C59B5F"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Kinross is a Canadian-based senior gold
mining company with mines and projects in the United States, Brazil, Russia, Mauritania, Chile and Ghana. Kinross&rsquo; focus
is on delivering value based on the core principles of operational excellence, balance sheet strength, disciplined growth and responsible
mining. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; color: #C59B5F"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: gray"><B>Media Contact </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Louie Diaz</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Senior Director, Corporate Communications</I></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">phone: 416-369-6469&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="color: Blue"><U>louie.diaz@kinross.com</U></FONT></P>



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<P STYLE="color: gray; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Investor Relations Contact</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Tom Elliott&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Senior Vice-President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development
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of historical fact, contained in this news release, including any information as to the future financial or operating performance
of Kinross, constitute &ldquo;forward-looking information&rdquo; or &ldquo;forward-looking statements&rdquo; within the meaning
of certain securities laws, including the provisions of the Securities Act (Ontario) and the &ldquo;safe harbor&rdquo; provisions
under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are based on the expectations, estimates and projections
of management as of the date of this news release, unless otherwise stated. The word &ldquo;expects&rdquo; or variations of or
similar such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results may, could, should or will be achieved, received
or taken, or will occur or result and similar such expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements
are, necessarily, based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Kinross as of the date
of such statements, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. The
estimates and assumptions of Kinross contained in this news release, which may prove to be incorrect, include, but are not limited
to: (i) that the parties will complete the conditions precedent for financial closing in accordance with, and on the timeline contemplated
by the terms and conditions of the relevant agreements, on a basis consistent with our expectations and; (ii) that necessary in-country
approvals and registrations by government agencies will be obtained. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements
will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.
Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of providing information about management&rsquo;s expectations and plans
relating to the future. All of the forward-looking statements made in this news release are qualified by this cautionary statement
and those made in our other filings with the securities regulators of Canada and the United States including, but not limited to,
the cautionary statements made in the &ldquo;Risk Analysis&rdquo; section of our MD&amp;A for the year ended December 31, 2018
and the Annual Information Form dated March 29, 2019. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors
that could affect Kinross. Kinross disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements or
to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and such forward-looking statements, except to the extent required
by applicable law. </I></P>

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