UNITED
STATES
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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Washington,
DC 20549
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FORM
6-K
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REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
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PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
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UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For
the month of April, 2009
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Commission
File Number: 001-13382
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KINROSS
GOLD CORPORATION
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(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
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52nd
Floor, Scotia Plaza, 40 King Street West
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Toronto,
Ontario M5H 3Y2
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(Address
of principal executive
offices)
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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): 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.
If
“Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2b:
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This
report on Form 6-K is being furnished for the sole purpose of providing a copy
of the Shareholders Agreement dated and the Amended Limited Partnership
Agreement dated between the Company and Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. and the
Shareholders Agreement between the Company, Harry Winston Diamond Corporation
and Harry Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. both dated March 31, 2009 and filed with
securities regulators.
INDEX
Table of
Contents
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SIGNATURES
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
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99.1
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Amended
Limited Partnership Agreement between the Company and Harry Winston
Diamond Mines Ltd. dated March 31,2009
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99.2
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Shareholders
Agreement between the Company, Harry Winston Diamond Corporation and Harry
Winston Diamond Mines Ltd. dated March 31,
2009
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Page
3
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
Corporate
Secretary
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April
29, 2009
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