EX-99.9 10 tm2510061d1_ex99-9.htm EXHIBIT 99.9

Exhibit 99.9

March 27, 2025

Consent of Qualified Person

TO: | Ontario Securities Commission
AND TO: | British Columbia Securities Commission
| Alberta Securities Commission
| Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan
| Manitoba Securities Commission
| Autorité des marchés financiers
| New Brunswick Financial and Consumer Services Commission
| Nova Scotia Securities Commission
| Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Prince Edward Island
| Office of the Superintendent of Securities, Service Newfoundland and
| Labrador
| (collectively, the “Canadian Securities Commissions”)

Re: Technical Report by Kinross Gold Corporation

Reference is made to the technical report titled “Tasiast Mine - Mauritania – National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report”, with an effective date of December 31, 2024, prepared for Kinross Gold Corporation and dated March 27, 2025 (the Technical Report).

Pursuant to Section 8.3 of National Instrument 43-101 – Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, I, Yves Breau, P.Eng., do hereby consent to the public filing of the Technical Report by Kinross Gold Corporation with the Canadian Securities Commissions.

(Signed and Sealed) Yves Breau

Yves Breau, P.Eng.
Vice President, Metallurgy & Engineering
Kinross Gold Corporation