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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 3

            INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

    Filed  pursuant to Section  16(a) of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940


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1.   Name and Address of Reporting Person*

    KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
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   (Last)                            (First)              (Middle)

    SUITE 5200, 40 KING STREET WEST
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   (Street)

    TORONTO                         ONTARIO                 M5H 3Y2
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   (City)                            (State)                (Zip)


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2.   Date of Event Requiring Statement

     SEPTEMBER 5, 2001
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3.   IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary)


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4.   Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

     ECHO BAY MINES LTD.;     ECO
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5.   Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
     (Check all applicable)

     [_]  Director                             [X]  10% Owner
     [_]  Officer (give title below)           [_]  Other (specify below)
          CONTROLLER
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6.   If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

     N/A
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7.   Individual or Joint/Group Filing  (Check applicable line)

     [X]  Form Filed by One Reporting Person

     [_]  Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person








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               Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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                                              3. Ownership Form:
                     2. Amount of Securities      Direct (D) or
1. Title of Security    Beneficially Owned        Indirect (I)     4. Nature of Indirect
     (Instr. 4)            (Instr. 4)              (Instr. 5)            (Instr. 5)
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     NONE
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If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
          owned directly or indirectly.




              Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                         5. Owner-
                                    3. Title and Amount of Securities                       ship
                                       Underlying Derivative Security                       Form of
                 2. Date Exercisable           (Instr. 4)                                   Derivative
                 and Expiration Date   ------------------------------  4. Conver-           Security:
                 (Month/Day/Year)                       Amount            sion or           Direct           6. Nature of
1. Title of      -------------------                    or                Exercise          (D) or              indirect
   Derivative    Date        Expira-                    Number            Price of          indirect            Beneficial
   Security      Exer-       tion                       of                Derivative        (I)                 Ownership
   (Instr. 4)    cisable     Date      Title            Shares            Security          (Instr. 5)          (Instr. 5)
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   EXCHANGEABLE  (1)         N/A   COMMON SHARES(1)     57,126,674         (1)               D
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   CAPITAL
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   SECURITIES
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Explanation of Responses:

On September 5, 2001, the Reporting  Person entered into a Letter Agreement with
the  Issuer  with  respect  to the  Reporting  Person's  holding of 15.8% of the
Issuer's  capital  securities  (which are not registered under Section 12 of the
Securities  and  Exchange Act of 1934)  outstanding.  The  Reporting  Person has
agreed to exchange the Issuer's capital securities owned by the Reporting Person
for  57,126,674  common shares of the Issuer.  Completion of the  transaction is
subject  to  certain  conditions  including  (i)  90% of the  remaining  capital
security  holders  must  agree,  prior  to the  mailing  of  proxy  solicitation
materials  by the Issuer to its  shareholders,  to exchange on the same terms as
the  Reporting  Person  (ii) the  Issuer's  lenders  must  consent  under  their
syndicated bank loans to the exchange, (iii) the approval of the exchange by the
holders of the common  shares of the  Issuer and (iv) any  necessary  regulatory
approvals  must be  received.  Assuming  all  holders  of the  Issuer's  capital
securities  elect to exchange and all of the foregoing  conditions  are met, the
Reporting Person would own 11.4% of the common shares of the Issuer.





KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION

/s/ SHELLEY M. RILEY                                        SEPTEMBER 13, 2001
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date
    Shelley M. Riley, Secretary

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.