Kinross Gold Completes Bought Deal Offering

On August 28, 2003, Kinross Gold Corporation completed a bought deal offering of 23 million common shares, including three million common shares pursuant to an over-allotment option granted by Kinross to the underwriters, at $9.26 per common share for gross proceeds of $213 million. The underwriters for the offering were CIBC World Markets Inc., Scotia Capital Inc. and RBC Dominion Securities Inc.

Kinross Gold was represented in Canada, by Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP with a team that included Cameron Mingay, André Boivin and Patrick Gleeson (securities/corporate) and Chris Norton (tax); and in the U.S., by Parr Waddoups Brown Gee & Loveless in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a team that included Keith Pope (securities/corporate) and Ken Tillou (tax).

The underwriters were represented in Canada, by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP with a team that included Sheila Murray, Geoff Belsher, Anoop Dogra, James Clarke, John Bursic and Erin Burkett (securities/corporate) and Paul Tamaki (tax); and in the U.S., by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York, with a team that included Richard Aftanas and Damien Sullivan (securities/corporate) and Bill Weiss (tax).

Lawyer(s)

Ronald J. Weiss Sheila A. Murray Christopher B. Norton André Boivin Cameron A. Mingay John Bursic Geoffrey S. Belsher Richard B. Aftanas James D. Clarke Anoop Dogra