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 October, 2007
Commission
File Number: 001-13382
KINROSS
GOLD CORPORATION
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
52nd
Floor, Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West
Toronto,
Ontario M5H 3Y2
(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____ 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):_____
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):_____
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____ 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 October 22, 2007, 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 the press release released on October 22, 2007 in which the Company announced
that it had executed a definitive option agreement with Linear Gold Corp.
with
respect to the future development of Linear’s Ixhuatan Project, located in
Chiapas, Mexico.
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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.
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GOLD CORPORATION
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Signed:/Shelley
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Vice
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October 22, 2007.