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John Carrington and Catherine McLeod-Seltzer Join
Kinross’ Board of Directors
October 27, 2005… Toronto, Ontario – Kinross Gold Corporation (“Kinross” or the
“Company”)
(TSX-K; NYSE-KGC) is pleased to announce that, effective immediately, John K.
Carrington and Catherine McLeod-Seltzer have joined Kinross’ Board of Directors as
independent board members.
Mr. Carrington is a retired mining executive with over 36 years of experience in the mining
industry. He has held many senior executive positions, including most recently Vice Chairman
of Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”) until his retirement on December 31, 2004. Between
1995 and 2004 he also held the positions of President, Chief Operating Officer & Director and
Executive Vice President, Operations at Barrick. Before joining Barrick, Mr. Carrington was
Executive Vice President, Mining at Noranda and President and Chief Executive Officer of
Brunswick Mining and Smelting. Mr. Carrington is a Director of the Canadian Mineral Industry
Education Foundation, Honorary Chairman of the Prospectors and Developers Association of
Canada, past Director of the Gold Institute, past Chairman and Director of the Mining
Association of Canada and a former member of the Lassonde Mineral Engineering Program at
the University of Toronto. Mr. Carrington is a Mining Engineer with a Master of Engineering
(Mining) from McGill University and is a member of the Association of Profession Engineers of
Ontario and the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. In 2003, Mr. Carrington received the
“Selwyn G. Blaylock Award” from the Canadian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy for distinguished
service to Canada through exceptional achievement in the field of mining.
Ms. McLeod-Seltzer brings an extensive knowledge of mining finance, exploration in Latin
America, mergers, acquisitions and negotiations to Kinross’ Board. Ms. McLeod-Seltzer has
over 20 years of experience in the mining industry and is currently President and Director of
Pacific Rim Mining Corporation, a position she has held since 1997. Ms. McLeod-Seltzer has
worked extensively in Latin America on both the resource and finance side of the industry with a
particular emphasis on Peru where she is currently involved in the financing and development of
two large mining projects. Previously, she was President, Chief Executive Officer of Arequipa
Resources Ltd., one of the most successful mining exploration companies in Peru. Ms. McLeod-
Seltzer grew the company from a capitalization of Cdn $5 million to over Cdn $1.1 billion when it
was taken over by Barrick in 1996. Ms. McLeod-Seltzer is a co-founder of Stornoway Diamond
Corporation, one of the largest landholders for diamond exploration in Canada. Stornoway has
discovered 15 diamondiferous kimberlites since 2003. In 1999, she was named the Northern
Miner’s “Mining Man of the Year” and in 1997 she was given the “Award for Performance” by
the Association of Women in Finance. She has also held a position on the Financial Post’s
“Power 50” since 2002. Ms. McLeod-Seltzer holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from
Trinity Western University.
Arthur Ditto and Cameron Mingay have stepped down from the Board of Directors. Mr. Ditto
has been a director since 1993 and was President and C.O.O. Mr. Mingay was a director from
2001 to 2004.