t72343_6k.htm
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 January, 2012
Commission File Number:  001-13382
KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
 
17th Floor, 25 York Street,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2V5
(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 o                                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): o
 
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): o
 
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 o                      No x
 
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 January 16, 2012 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 in which the Company provides preliminary 2011 results and 2012 outlook.
 
INDEX
 
Table of Contents
 
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
 
99.1
Press release dated January 16, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
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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  
   
  Vice President, Office Services and
Corporate Secretary
 
January 16, 2012