Kinross Announces Results of Vote to Elect Board of Directors

Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K)(NYSE:KGC) has announced the detailed voting results for the election of its Board of Directors, which took place at the Company's Annual General Meeting held in Toronto on May 8, 2013. The nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated March 26, 2013, were elected as directors of Kinross at the meeting. Detailed results of the vote are set out below:

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           Nominee              Votes for    % for  Votes withheld  withheld
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        John A. Brough         695,931,559   98.42    11,186,672      1.58  
      John K. Carrington       698,022,698   98.71     9,095,533      1.29  
       John M.H. Huxley        696,112,584   98.44    11,005,647      1.56  
      Kenneth C. Irving        692,329,303   97.91    14,788,928      2.09  
        John A. Keyes          698,013,855   98.71     9,104,376      1.29  
        John A. Macken         697,921,115   98.70     9,197,116      1.30  
   Catherine McLeod-Seltzer    683,306,172   96.63    23,812,059      3.37  
        John E. Oliver         694,832,374   98.26    12,285,857      1.74  
         Una M. Power          697,819,075   98.68     9,299,156      1.32  
      Terence C.W. Reid        697,939,528   98.70     9,178,703      1.30  
      J. Paul Rollinson        698,038,761   98.72     9,079,470      1.28  
        Ruth G. Woods          697,871,930   98.69     9,246,301      1.31  
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About Kinross Gold Corporation

Kinross is a Canadian-based gold mining company with mines and projects in Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, Ghana, Mauritania, Russia and the United States, employing approximately 9,000 people worldwide. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol:K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol:KGC).

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