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 June, 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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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.

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Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                   Yes                          No   X
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This report on Form 6-K is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing a
copy of the press release dated June 1, 2005 in which the company announced it
had signed an amendment with Crown Resources Corporation to extend the
termination date of the Definitive Acquisition Agreement, the change in the
exchange ratio for shares to be paid to the Crown shareholders and the purchase
of a U.S. $10 million convertible debenture from Crown for corporate purposes, a
copy of the material change report dated June 2, 2005 in which the company
reported the execution of an amendment to the Acquisition Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated November 20, 2003 (the "Definitive Acquisition Agreement") with
Crown Resources Corporation.


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SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1    Press Release dated June 1, 2005

99.2    Material Change Report dated June 2, 2005.

99.3    Definitive Acquisition Agreement with Crown Resources Corporation dated
        November 20, 2003 previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
        Commission as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in
        the registration statement on Form F-4, file number 333-111516, filed on
        July 2, 2004 and incorporated herein by this reference.

99.4    First Amendment dated April 7, 2004 to the Definitive Acquisition
        Agreement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
        as Appendix A to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in the
        registration statement on Form F-4, file number 333-111516, filed on
        July 2, 2004 and incorporated herein by this reference.

99.5    Second Amendment dated September 15, 2004 to the Definitive Acquisition 
        Agreement.

99.6    Third Amendment dated December 30, 2004 to the Definitive Acquisition 
        Agreement.

99.7    Fourth Amendment to the Definitive Acquisition Agreement with Crown 
        Resources Corporation dated May 31, 2005.



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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
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                                                      Corporate Secretary



June 2, 2005.