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 January, 2005
                        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 40-F:

                     Form 20-F                    Form 40-F  X
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        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):_____

        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.

        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):_____

        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 "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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        If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2b:

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This report on Form 6-K is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing a
copy of Press Release dated January 10, 2005 announcing the resignation of
Robert M. Buchan, President and Chief Executive Officer following the Company's
Annual General Meeting on April 27, 2005.



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SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
99.1     Press Release dated January 10,2005.


This Current Report on Form 6-K, dated January 10, 2005 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:/Shelley M. Riley
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                                                    Corporate Secretary



January 10, 2005.