SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                        PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                           For the month of May, 2004
                        Commission File Number: 001-13382
                            KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
                 (Translation of registrant's name into English)

                  52ND FLOOR, SCOTIA PLAZA, 40 KING STREET WEST
                            TORONTO, ONTARIO M5H 3Y2
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40F:

                          Form 20-F_____ Form 40-F_X__

     Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in
paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):_____

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a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.

     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):_____

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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 "home country"), 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.

         Indicate by check mark 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.

                                 Yes_____ No_X__


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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2b:

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     On May 20, 2004, Kinross Gold Corporation announced the appointment of a
new chief financial officer. The press release announcing this change is
included with the Material Change Report dated May 20, 2004 attached hereto as
an exhibit and is being furnished under cover of this report on Form 6-K.




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
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99.1     Material Change Report dated May 20, 2004 which incorporates press
         release dated May 20, 2004.


This Current Report on Form 6-K, dated May 20, 2004 is specifically incorporated
by reference into Kinross Gold Corporation's Registration Statement on Form F-10
(Registration No. 333-102660), filed on January 22, 2003, as amended on January
29, 2003.



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                                   SIGNATURES


     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.

                                            KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION



                                            Signed: /s/ Shelley M. Riley
                                                    --------------------
                                                    Corporate Secretary




May 20, 2004