UNITED
STATES
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 December, 2008
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:
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.
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the
file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
12g3-2b:
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This
Current Report on Form 6-K, dated December 17, 2008, is specifically
incorporated by reference into Kinross Gold Corporation's Registration Statement
on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-141896), filed on April 4, 2007.
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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 December 16, 2008 in which the Company issued notice to
the former Aurelian Resources Inc. shareholders regarding the joint tax election
deadline of December 29, 2008 and a copy of the press release dated December 17,
2008 in which the Company announced it had completed the acquisition of a 40%
interest in the Lobo-Marte project in Chile from Anglo American.
INDEX
Table of
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SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT
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99.1
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Press release dated
December 16, 2008 – Notice to Former Common shareholders of
Aurelian Resources Inc. re joint tax election deadline
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99.2
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Press release dated
December 17, 2008 – Announcement of the completion of the
acquisition of 40% interest in Lobo-Marte from Anglo
American
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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.
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KINROSS
GOLD CORPORATION
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Signed:
/s/ Shelley M.
Riley
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Vice
President, Administration and
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Corporate
Secretary
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December
17, 2008