Toronto, Ontario, January 6, 2010 - Kinross is
pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Thomas in the
newly-created role of Senior Vice-President, Projects.
As a member of the Kinross Senior Leadership Team, Dr. Thomas is
based in Toronto and is responsible for delivering major projects
through to successful commissioning. Kinross' current development
projects include Fruta del Norte in Ecuador, and Lobo-Marte and
Cerro Casale in Chile. In addition to these new developments,
organic growth projects currently under consideration include the
addition of a third ball mill at the Paracatu expansion plant in
Brazil and an expansion of Kinross' existing production facility at
Maricunga in Chile.
Dr. Thomas leads Kinross' Project Development group, one of four
strategic operating groups in a new corporate structure launched in
the fall of 2009 to deliver on the Company's growth strategy.
The other three strategic operating groups are Mining Operations;
Corporate Development; and External Relations & Corporate
Responsibility.
"We are pleased to add Ken to our senior leadership team, given
his long experience and impressive record of delivering major
projects, which significantly strengthens our project development
capacity," said President and CEO Tye Burt. "His appointment is an
important part of the structural changes we are introducing to
deliver the next round of growth at Kinross."
Dr. Thomas joins Kinross with over 45 years of
experience in technical services and project development. Most
recently, he was Global Managing Director at Hatch, a multinational
company that provides process design, business strategies,
technologies, and project and construction management to the
metals, infrastructure and energy market sectors. From 2003 to
2005, he was Chief Operating Officer at Crystallex International,
and earlier in his career he was Senior Vice-President, Technical
Services at Barrick Gold.
Dr. Thomas earned his Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology
in The Netherlands, with a focus on technical services and project
execution. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario,
and a Fellow of The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy &
Petroleum. In 2001, the Institute awarded Dr. Thomas the Selwyn G.
Blaylock Medal for advancement in international mine design.