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 September, 2008
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:
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.
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the
file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule
12g3-2b:
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This
Current Report on Form 6-K, dated September 30, 2008, 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 press releases dated September 30, 2008 in which the Company announced it
owned over 94% of Aurelian Resources Inc.
INDEX
Table of
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SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT
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Press
release dated September 30, 2008 announcing it owned over 94% of Aurelian
Resources Inc.
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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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KINROSS
GOLD CORPORATION
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Signed:
/s/ Shelley M.
Riley
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Vice
President, Administration and
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Corporate
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September
30, 2008.