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 April, 2006
                        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 40-F:

                          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__


        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
material change report dated April 4, 2006, the Shareholders Rights Plan dated
March 29, 2006, a copy of the Management Information Circular sent to
shareholders in connection with the Annual and Special Shareholders Meeting to
be held on May 4, 2006 and a copy of the press release issued on April 10, 2006
in which the Company announced the appointment of Geoffrey Gold as Chief Legal
Officer.


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SIGNATURES
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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99.1    Material Change Report dated April 4, 2006
99.2    Shareholder Rights Plan dated March 29, 2006
99.3    Management Information Circular dated April 3, 2006
99.4    Press release dated April 10, 2006.




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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
                                     V.P. Administration and Corporate Secretary




April 11, 2006.