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I hereby consent to the incorporation by reference into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the annual report on Form 40-F filed by Kinross Gold Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2011 and, to the extent applicable, the reports subsequently filed by Kinross Gold Corporation on Form 6-K, and the incorporation into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the information contained therein, in which I am identified as a "qualified person" in connection with the mineral reserve and mineral resource estimates of the White Gold property contained in such reports.