t67955_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 May, 2010
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:
____
This
Current Report on Form 6-K, dated May 4, 2010 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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2
This
report on Form 6-K is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing a copy
of the press release in which the Company announced financial results for the
quarter ended March 31, 2010.
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Table of
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SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT
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Press
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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,
Administration and
Corporate
Secretary
May 4,
2010.