Kinross Announces Results of Vote to Elect Board of Directors


TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 9, 2014) - Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K)(NYSE:KGC) has announced the detailed voting results of the election of its Board of Directors, which took place at the Company's Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held in Toronto on May 8, 2014. The nominees listed in the management proxy circular dated March 26, 2014, were elected as directors of Kinross at the meeting. Detailed results of the vote are set out below:

Nominee Votes for % for Votes withheld % withheld
John A. Brough 665,897,384 96.84 21,718,517 3.16
John K. Carrington 679,682,204 98.85 7,934,661 1.15
John M.H. Huxley 666,134,037 96.88 21,482,695 3.12
Kenneth C. Irving 675,076,649 98.29 11,722,590 1.71
John A. Keyes 679,764,396 98.86 7,852,469 1.14
John A. Macken 679,717,254 98.85 7,899,478 1.15
Catherine McLeod-Seltzer 661,463,410 96.20 26,153,455 3.80
John E. Oliver 671,628,253 97.67 15,988,612 2.33
Una M. Power 679,775,960 98.86 7,840,772 1.14
Terence C.W. Reid 679,364,825 98.80 8,252,040 1.20
J. Paul Rollinson 679,813,288 98.87 7,803,577 1.13
Ruth G. Woods 555,908,495 80.85 131,708,237 19.15

About Kinross Gold Corporation

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

Contact Information:

Media Contact
Andrea Mandel-Campbell
Director, Corporate Communications
647-788-4179
andrea.mandel-campbell@kinross.com

Investor Relations Contact
Tom Elliott
Vice-President, Investor Relations
416-365-3390
tom.elliott@kinross.com