Kinross Gold Corporation · TSX:K

Kinross Gold — Shareholder Meeting (May 2014)

31 slides from Kinross Gold's shareholder meeting presentation, May 8, 2014

  1. Slide 1: Kinross Gold Corporation 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

    May 08 KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS www.kinross.com

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information

    CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION All statements, other than statements of historical fact, contained or incorporated by reference in or made in giving this presentation and responses to questions, including any information as to the future performance of Kinross, constitute “forwa

  3. Slide 3: The Way Forward

    THE WAY FORWARD PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING VALUE • Focus on operational excellence • Quality over quantity • Disciplined capital allocation • Maintaining a strong balance sheet www.kinross.com 3

  4. Slide 4: Principles for Building Value

    THE WAY FORWARD PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING VALUE Focus on operational • Record production in 2013 excellence • Achieved all-in sustaining cost(2) below guidance in 2013 • Launched Way Forward in 2012 Quality over quantity • Framework for pursuing quality over quantity across the business Disciplined ca

  5. Slide 5: Operational Excellence

    THE WAY FORWARD OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE (4) Refer to endnote #4. www.kinross.com 55

  6. Slide 6: Strong Operating Performance in 2013: All-in Sustaining Cost

    OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE STRONG OPERATING PERFORMANCE IN 2013 ALL-IN SUSTAINING COST(2) • Full-year all-in sustaining $1,079 $1,079 $1,063 cost BELOW guidance $1,063 $950 - of $1,100 to $1,200 per $1,050 $ per gold ounce gold ounce 2012 2013 2014E(1) (1) Refer to endnote #1. (2) Refer to endnote #2. w

  7. Slide 7: Strong Operating Performance in 2013: Production Cost of Sales

    OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE STRONG OPERATING PERFORMANCE IN 2013 PRODUCTION COST OF SALES(3) • Full-year production cost $730 - of sales at LOW END of $780 $ per gold equivalent ounce $743 guidance of $740 to $705 $790 per gold equivalent ounce 2012 2013 2014E(1) (1) Refer to endnote #1. (3) Refer to end

  8. Slide 8: Strong Operating Performance in 2013: Gold Equivalent Production

    OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE STRONG OPERATING PERFORMANCE IN 2013 GOLD EQUIVALENT PRODUCTION(4) • RECORD annual production 2.63 million gold equivalent ounce (millions) 2.5 - 2.7 2.63 gold equivalent ounces 2.62 2012 2013 2014E(1) (1) Refer to endnote #1. (4) Refer to endnote #4. www.kinross.com 8

  9. Slide 9: Record Production at Mines in 2013

    OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE RECORD PRODUCTION AT 3 MINES IN 2013 FORT KNOX PARACATU TASIAST ALASKA BRAZIL MAURITANIA www.kinross.com 9

  10. Slide 10: Strong Q1 2014 Operating Performance

    OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE STRONG Q1 2014 OPERATING PERFORMANCE GOLD EQUIVALENT PRODUCTION COST OF ALL-IN SUSTAINING COST(2) PRODUCTION(4) SALES(3) 664,690 $1,030 $1,001 648,897 $ per gold equivalent ounce $ per gold equivalent ounce $729 $727 Ounces Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q1 2013 Q1 2014 Q1 2013 Q1 2014 (2) R

  11. Slide 11: Exceptional Safety Performance

    OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE EXCEPTIONAL SAFETY PERFORMANCE • In 2013, we achieved lowest reportable injury and severity rates in company history www.kinross.com 11

  12. Slide 12: Strong In-House Technical Expertise

    OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE STRONG IN-HOUSE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE • Increased in-house technical bench strength in many areas, including mine planning, metallurgy and project engineering • COO Brant Hinze to retire at the end of Q3 2014 • Brant to be succeeded by Warwick Morley-Jepson, currently Regional V

  13. Slide 13: Completed Dvoinoye Project on Schedule & on Budget

    OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE COMPLETED DVOINOYE PROJECT ON SCHEDULE & ON BUDGET www.kinross.com 13

  14. Slide 14: Quality Over Quantity

    THE WAY FORWARD QUALITY OVER QUANTITY www.kinross.com 14

  15. Slide 15: Targeting Margins and Cash Flow

    QUALITY OVER QUANTITY TARGETING MARGINS AND CASH FLOW FULLY-LOADED COSTING METHODOLOGY FOR RESERVE ESTIMATES(5) • Includes costs such as: sustaining capital, mine waste management costs, etc. • Contributed to a reduction in gold reserves estimates, which is offset by estimated:  Higher estimated gr

  16. Slide 16: Paracatu Mine Plan Optimization

    QUALITY OVER QUANTITY PARACATU MINE PLAN OPTIMIZATION • Grade increase of 5% to 0.42 g/t • LOM capital expenditures reduced by ~$2 billion • Greater estimated NPV www.kinross.com 16

  17. Slide 17: Disciplined Capital Allocation

    THE WAY FORWARD DISCIPLINED CAPITAL ALLOCATION www.kinross.com 17

  18. Slide 18: Continued Focus on Capital Expenditures

    DISCIPLINED CAPITAL ALLOCATION CONTINUED FOCUS ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURES 2012 spend Initial 2013 $1.9 bn estimate Identified $340 mm in savings throughout 2013 $1.6 bn $1.4 bn Expecting $1.26 bn another significant reduction in 2014 $675 mm Full-year Original 2013 Revised 2013 Actual 2013 2014E(1) 201

  19. Slide 19: Tasiast: Feasibility Study on Mill Expansion Complete

    TASIAST, MAURITANIA FEASIBILITY STUDY ON MILL EXPANSION COMPLETE • Feasibility study based on 38,000 tpd mill produced promising results • A mill expansion has the potential to:  Add a major source of new production to Kinross’ portfolio  Lower the company’s overall cost structure  Generate signi

  20. Slide 20: Tasiast: Potential Mill Expansion

    TASIAST, MAURITANIA POTENTIAL MILL EXPANSION • Do not expect to make a final decision whether to proceed with a potential mill expansion until 2015 at the earliest • Pursuing a number of strategies aimed at further enhancing viability of the expansion  Mine plan and operating cost enhancements  Fu

  21. Slide 21: Tasiast: District Exploration

    TASIAST, MAURITANIA DISTRICT EXPLORATION C616 Fennec C613 C614 C69 C67 Aoueouat C615 C68 C611 C612 Tamaya 80 Km For additional information, please see Kinross’ news release dated February 12, 2014 and Appendices A and B, which are available on our website at www.kinross.com, as well as the Explanato

  22. Slide 22: Tasiast: Piment Central

    WEST AFRICA TASIAST: PIMENT CENTRAL Piment Central High Grade Footwall Vein Prolongation Piment West Branch West Branch South For additional information, please see Kinross’ news release dated February 12, 2014 and Appendices A and B, which are available on our website at www.kinross.com, as well as

  23. Slide 23: Focused on High-Quality Targets

    EXPLORATION STRATEGY FOCUSED ON HIGH-QUALITY TARGETS LA COIPA PHASE 7 – CATALINA TARGET • Drilling continues to outline the geometry of the mineralization • Remains open to the northwest 600 metres KUPOL-MOROSHKA • Drilling confirmed continuity of high grades along 400 strike metre vein • Moroshka c

  24. Slide 24: Balance Sheet Strength

    THE WAY FORWARD BALANCE SHEET STRENGTH www.kinross.com 24

  25. Slide 25: Solid Financial Position

    MAINTAINING A STRONG BALANCE SHEET SOLID FINANCIAL POSITION • Balance sheet strength continues to be a priority objective • Net debt position of $1.3 billion at March 31, 2014 INCREASED FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY • Completed $500 million debt offering in March 2014  Net proceeds used to repay $500 milli

  26. Slide 26: Maintaining Our Social License to Operate

    TAKING RESPONSIBILITY MAINTAINING OUR SOCIAL LICENSE TO OPERATE www.kinross.com 26

  27. Slide 27: Building on a Strong Foundation

    THE WAY FORWARD BUILDING ON A STRONG FOUNDATION AMERICAS RUSSIA ENTERING 2014 IN A POSITION OF STRENGTH • Excellent operational track record • Declining costs WEST AFRICA • Encouraging growth prospects • Solid community relationships • Strong balance sheet • Financial flexibility GLOBAL PORTFOLIO Op

  28. Slide 28: Principles for Building Value

    THE WAY FORWARD PRINCIPLES FOR BUILDING VALUE • Focus on operational excellence • Quality over quantity • Disciplined capital allocation • Maintaining a strong balance sheet www.kinross.com 28

  29. Slide 29: Endnotes

    ENDNOTES 1) For more information regarding Kinross’ production, cost and capital expenditures outlook for 2014, please refer to the news release dated February 12, 2014, available on our website at www.kinross.com. Kinross’ outlook for 2014 represents forward- looking information and users are cauti

  30. Slide 30: Explanatory Notes: Exploration

    EXPLANATORY NOTES: EXPLORATION Tasiast Exploration Results Hole identifiers ending with suffix DD are diamond drill core holes (HQ diameter) and those ending with suffix RC are reverse circulation (RC) holes. Holes with “A” prefixing DD or RC are diamond core or reverse circulation re-drills of the

  31. Slide 31: Explanatory Notes: Exploration

    EXPLANATORY NOTES: EXPLORATION Kupol and Dvoinoye Exploration Results All drill holes at Moroshka are diamond drill core holes (HQ or NQ core diameter). The Moroshka vein dips sub-vertically to the east. Drill holes are angled between minus 50° and 75° to the east and west. Results provided for Moro

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