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Kinross Gold — Q3 2011 Earnings Presentation

25 slides from Kinross Gold's earnings presentation, Nov 3, 2011

  1. Slide 1: Delivering Disciplined Growth: Third Quarter 2011 Results Webcast

    DELIVERING DISCIPLINED GROWTH THIRD QUARTER 2011 FINANCIAL & OPERATING RESULTS WEBCAST November 3, 2011 1

  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, including any information as to the future performance of Kinross, constitute “forward looking statements” with

  3. Slide 3: Tye Burt, President & CEO

    TYE BURT President & CEO TYE BURT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 3

  4. Slide 4: Q3 2011 Highlights

    Q3 2011 HIGHLIGHTS • Continuing to deliver strong financial results Revenue Adjusted Operating Cash Adjusted Net Earnings(1) +45% Flow(1) +134% +82% $422 $273 $1,069 US$ millions $736 $232 $0.24/sh $0.37/sh $117 $0.30/sh $0.15/sh Q3 2010 Q3 2011 Q3 2010 Q3 2011 Q3 2010 Q3 2011 (1) Refer to endnote #

  5. Slide 5: Delivering Expanding Margins

    DELIVERING EXPANDING MARGINS 2005 – Q3 2011: $1,012 • Average realized gold price: +270% • Kinross’ attributable margin(2,3): +495% $873 $784 +495% $683 Attributable Margin (US$/oz) $530 $436 $329 $279 $170 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Q1 Q2 Q3 2011 (2) Refer to endnote #2. (3) Refer to endnote #3.

  6. Slide 6: Q3 2011 Highlights

    Q3 2011 HIGHLIGHTS • Production(4): 647,983 gold equivalent ounces (up 13% from Q3 2010) • Record quarterly revenue of $1,069.2 million (up 45% from Q3 2010) • Adjusted operating cash flow(1) of $421.6 million (up 82% from Q3 2010) • Adjusted net earnings(1) of $273.4 million (up 134% from Q3 2010)

  7. Slide 7: Pompeya: New Discovery at La Coipa

    POMPEYA: NEW DISCOVERY AT LA COIPA* • Significant gold and silver discovery • Located 3 km northeast of La Coipa mill  Part of the CMLC JV property (75% Kinross) • Significant intersections include:  DPMP-006: 58 m @ 1.15 g/t Au & 256 g/t Ag (6.99 g/t Au eq.)  DPMP-015: 146 m @ 2.4 g/t Au & 95.2

  8. Slide 8: Tasiast Deposit Long-Section

    TASIAST DEPOSIT LONG-SECTION* • Deep drilling at West Branch continues to identify extensions of greenschist- style mineralization * Coloured symbols represent grade (g/t Au) x thickness (metres) values illustrated in the GXM legend * Refer to Kinross’ news release dated November 2, 2011 for the com

  9. Slide 9: C67 Target: Tasiast District Exploration

    C67 TARGET: TASIAST DISTRICT EXPLORATION* C67 DRILL HOLE LOCATION PLAN OVERLYING GEOLOGY • Gold mineralization currently defined over 800 strike metres • Results continue to be strongly TA06410RC TA06403RC encouraging 37m @ 1.51 g/t Au 27m @2.93 g/t Au TA06402RC 50m @ 2.70 g/t Au and 21 m @ 4.94 g/t

  10. Slide 10: Brant Hinze, Chief Operating Officer

    BRANT HINZE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 10

  11. Slide 11: Q3 2011 Operating Results

    Q3 2011 OPERATING RESULTS (4) (2,4) Gold equivalent ounces Production cost of sales Produced Sold ($ mm) ($/oz.) Fort Knox 76,261 75,611 $53.8 $712 Round Mountain 54,588 52,658 $35.2 $668 Kettle River - Buckhorn 41,200 42,109 $19.5 $463 North America total: 172,049 170,378 $108.5 $637 (4) Kupol 124,

  12. Slide 12: Overall 2011 Outlook Confirmed

    OVERALL 2011 OUTLOOK CONFIRMED(5) Production % of Total Production Cost of Sales(2) Region (000 ounces ) Production ($/oz) South America 945 – 980 36% $650 – $675 North America 625 – 645 24% $625 - $685 West Africa(4) 440 – 480 18% $685 – $715 (attributable) Russia(4) 555 – 575 22% $395 - $435 Gold

  13. Slide 13: Paul Barry, Chief Financial Officer

    PAUL BARRY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 13

  14. Slide 14: Q3 2011 Results

    Q3 2011 RESULTS Realized Margin(2,3) (in millions, except ounces and per Q3/10 Q3/11 % Change Gold Price +50% share amounts) +38% $1,012/oz $1,646/oz Gold equivalent production(4) 575,065 647,983 13% (ounces) Gold equivalent sales (4) 576,955 663,517 15% (ounces) Revenue $735.5 $1,069.2 45% Producti

  15. Slide 15: Strong Balance Sheet

    STRONG BALANCE SHEET • Cash on hand at September 30, 2011: $1.9 billion • $1.2 billion revolving credit facility As at September 30, 2011 $1,875 $1,401 US$ millions $573 Cash and cash equivalents Long-term investments & Long-term debt investments in associates 15

  16. Slide 16: Dr. Ken Thomas, Senior VP Projects

    DR. KEN THOMAS SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT, PROJECTS 16

  17. Slide 17: Tasiast, Mauritania

    TASIAST, MAURITANIA • Expansion project remains on schedule:  Feasibility study to be complete at the end of Q1 2012  Construction expected to start mid-2012  Start-up of 60,000 tpd mill is targeted for mid-2014 • EIA for early works approved  Early earthworks and concrete foundations for the mi

  18. Slide 18: Fruta del Norte, Ecuador

    FRUTA DEL NORTE, ECUADOR • Development of the exploration decline is on target and expected to be complete in 2013 • Mine and plant EIAs submitted in October • Negotiations have progressed on exploitation agreement • Commenced negotiations on investment protection agreement • Feasibility study expec

  19. Slide 19: Dvoinoye, Russia

    DVOINOYE, RUSSIA • Development of exploration decline advanced to 650 metres as of end of Q3 2011  Additional equipment en route to site to increase rate of development • Advanced engineering and procurement activities DECLINE PORTAL • Feasibility study expected Q1 2012 • Expected to commission in

  20. Slide 20: Lobo-Marte, Chile

    LOBO-MARTE, CHILE • Drilling for feasibility study has been completed • Re-deploying drilling equipment to Valy and Marte Northwest targets • Completed geotechnical and mine block models • Metallurgical plans expect to be completed Q4 2011 • Project permitting expected to remain on schedule • Feasib

  21. Slide 21: Tye Burt, President & CEO

    TYE BURT President & CEO TYE BURT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 21

  22. Slide 22: Key Objectives

    KEY OBJECTIVES ADVANCING OUR PROJECTS   Complete Tasiast scoping study  Complete Fruta Del Norte pre-feasibility   Complete Dvoinoye scoping study   Complete Lobo-Marte feasibility study  Complete Fruta del Norte feasibility study OPTIMIZING THE ASSET BASE  Declare NI 43-101 gold mineral re

  23. Slide 23: Continuing the Kinross Transformation

    CONTINUING THE KINROSS TRANSFORMATION Kinross Yesterday Kinross Now(6) 4.5 – 4.9 Gold equivalent production (mm oz) Gold equivalent production (mm oz) 2.6 – 2.7 2.3 1.6 2005 2010 2011e 2015e (6) Refer to endnote #6. 23

  24. Slide 24: Endnotes

    ENDNOTES 1) Adjusted net earnings attributed to common shareholders and adjusted operating cash flow numbers are non-GAAP financial measures which are meant to provide additional information and should not be used as a substitute for performance measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. For more in

  25. Slide 25: Kinross Gold Corporation

    KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION 25 YORK STREET, 17TH FLOOR TORONTO, ON M5J 2V5 WWW.KINROSS.COM 25

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