FILED BY KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION
                PURSUANT TO RULE 425 UNDER SECURITES ACT OF 1933
                  SUBJECT COMPANY: CROWN RESOURCES CORPORATION
                     COMMISSION REGISTRATION NO.: 333-111516


[LOGO] KINROSS                                   40 King Street West, 52nd Floor
                                                            Toronto, ON  M5H 3Y2
                                                               Tel: 416 365 5123
                                                               Fax: 416 363 6622
                                                         Toll Free: 866-561-3636
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                                                                   PRESS RELEASE


                   KINROSS EXTENDS CROWN TRANSACTION DEADLINE
               INVESTS $1 MILLION INTO CROWN RESOURCES CORPORATION


JANUARY 7, 2005...TORONTO, ONTARIO - KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION (TSX-K; NYSE-KGC)
("KINROSS") AND CROWN RESOURCES CORPORATION (OTCBB-CRCE) ("CROWN") announced
that they have signed an amendment to extend the termination date of the
previously announced (November 20, 2003) definitive acquisition agreement (the
"Agreement") whereby Kinross will acquire Crown and its 100%-owned Buckhorn
Mountain gold deposit located in north central Washington State, USA,
approximately 67 kilometers by road from Kinross' Kettle River gold milling
facility.

With this amendment, the Agreement has been extended to May 31, 2005. The
Agreement was due to expire on December 31, 2004, but additional time is
necessary for Kinross to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") a definitive registration statement.

Kinross has also agreed to fund a US$1.0 million private placement into Crown.
The private placement calls for Kinross to purchase 511,640 common shares of
Crown for $1.9545 per share. Crown currently has approximately 40.0 million
shares outstanding. This private placement by Kinross will not affect the
exchange ratio of .2911 shares of Kinross common stock for each share of Crown
that was set in the Agreement.

On December 21, 2004 the U.S. Department of the Interior / Bureau of Land
Management ("BLM") issued Crown patents for nine mining claims at the Buckhorn
Mountain Project in Okanogan County, WA. Issuance of these patents ends a 12
year long BLM review process of Crown's patent application. The patents, which
cover about 154 acres of land, transfer the ownership of the surface of the
mining claims from the federal government to Crown Resources. Crown already owns
the minerals on the claims, which they have held since 1988.

Work continues to obtain permits for the Buckhorn Mountain Project. As part of
the permitting process, the U.S. Forest Service / Okanogan - Wenatchee National
Forest, and the Washington Department of Ecology are preparing a Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for the project. Current estimates are to start
construction of the mine in late 2005.

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THIS PRESS RELEASE INCLUDES CERTAIN "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS" WITHIN THE
MEANING OF SECTION 21E OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS
AMENDED. ALL STATEMENTS, OTHER THAN STATEMENTS OF HISTORICAL FACT, INCLUDED
HEREIN, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, STATEMENTS REGARDING POTENTIAL
MINERALIZATION AND RESERVES, EXPLORATION RESULTS AND FUTURE PLANS AND OBJECTIVES
OF KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT INVOLVE VARIOUS
RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES. THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT SUCH STATEMENTS WILL
PROVE TO BE ACCURATE AND ACTUAL RESULTS AND FUTURE EVENTS COULD DIFFER
MATERIALLY FROM THOSE ANTICIPATED IN SUCH STATEMENTS. IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT
COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM KINROSS' EXPECTATIONS ARE
DISCLOSED UNDER THE HEADING "RISK FACTORS" AND ELSEWHERE IN KINROSS' DOCUMENTS
FILED FROM TIME TO TIME WITH THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE, THE UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION AND OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.



WHERE TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRANSACTION:

THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT, AND IS NOT INTENDED TO BE, A SOLICITATION OF PROXIES
OR AN OFFER OF SECURITIES. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF KINROSS AND CROWN
ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS,
WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT
KINROSS, CROWN AND THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION. KINROSS HAS FILED A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT WITH THE SEC THAT CONTAINS A PRELIMINARY VERSION OF THE PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS, ALL OF WHICH IS SUBJECT TO
COMPLETION AND CHANGE. THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED
BY KINROSS OR CROWN WITH THE SEC, ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE AT THE SEC'S
WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. A COPY OF THE FINAL PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS
WILL BE MAILED TO ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF CROWN AS OF THE RECORD DATE FIXED FOR THE
CROWN SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING TO APPROVE THE TRANSACTION AND A FREE COPY OF THE
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS MAY ALSO BE
OBTAINED FROM KINROSS.


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For additional information, e-mail INFO@KINROSS.COM or contact:

ROBERT M. BUCHAN              LARS-ERIC JOHANNSON            CHRISTOPHER T. HILL
PRESIDENT AND                 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT       VICE PRESIDENT
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER       AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER    INVESTOR RELATIONS
Tel. (416) 365-5650           Tel. (416) 365-2605            Tel. (416) 365-7254

TRACEY M. THOM
Manager Investor Relations
(416) 365-1362


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