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 March, 2016
Commission File Number: 001-13382
KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
17th Floor, 25 York Street,
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2V5
(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
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This Current Report on Form 6-K, dated March 30. 2016 is specifically incorporated by reference into Kinross Gold Corporation's Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-180824, 333-180823 and 333-180822), filed on April 19, 2012.
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This report on Form 6-K is being furnished for the purpose of providing a copy of the press release in which the company announced the filing of an updated technical report for its Tasiast Project, Mauritania and for providing a copy the technical report along with the required certificate and consents as filed on SEDAR, all dated March 30, 2016.
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Table of Contents
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
| 99.1 | Press Release dated March 30, 2016. |
| 99.2 | Technical Report dated March 30, 2016 with respect to the Tasiast Project, Mauritania. |
| 99.3 | Certificate of John L. Sims dated March 30, 2016 with respect to the Technical Report on the Tasiast Project, Mauritania. |
| 99.4 | Consent of John L. Sims dated March 30, 2016 with respect to the Technical Report on the Tasiast Project, Mauritania. |
| 99.5 | Consent for US filing of John L. Sims dated March 30, 2016 with respect to the Technical Report on the Tasiast Project, Mauritania. |
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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.
| KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION | |
| Signed: //Shelley M. Riley// | |
| Vice President, Office Services and Corporate Secretary |
March 30, 2016