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Kinross Completes New Credit Facilities Totaling US$500 Million

September 20, 2006

Toronto, Ontario - Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K, NYSE: KGC) ("Kinross") announced today that it has entered into a new revolving and term credit facility with ScotiaCapital and a group of lenders. The US$300 million three year revolving credit facility will support Kinross' liquidity and letter of credit needs. The five and a half year US$200 million term loan will support the previously announced expansion program at the Paracatu mine in Brazil.

Other lenders include Export Development Canada, Société Générale, Royal Bank of Canada, and other international financial institutions.

"We are very pleased that our relationship banks have firmly supported the Paracatu expansion project in providing this new term loan" said Thomas Boehlert, Kinross' CFO. "The project will begin delivering significant new gold production in two years".

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
This document contains “forward-looking statements or information”, within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and similar Canadian legislation, concerning the business, operations and financial performance and condition of Kinross. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management as of the date such statements are made, and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Kinross to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to risks related to: international operations; actual results of current reclamation activities; future prices of gold and commodities; possible variations in ore reserves, grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in the completion of development activities, as well as those factors discussed in or referred to in the "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in Kinross’ documents filed from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Although management of Kinross has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Kinross does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements.

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