EXHIBIT 99.4

MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

1.	Name and Address of Company
	Kinross Gold Corporation (“Kinross”)
	25 York Street, 17th Floor
	Toronto, Ontario
	M5J 2V5
2.	Date of Material Change
	August 1, 2012
3.	News Release
	A news release with respect to the material change referred to in this material change report was issued by Kinross on August 1, 2012 through the facilities of Marketwire and filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval.
4.	Summary of Material Change
	On August 1, 2012 Kinross announced that its Board of Directors had appointed J. Paul Rollinson as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Kinross.
5.	Full Description of Material Change
	On August 1, 2012 Kinross announced that its Board of Directors had appointed J. Paul Rollinson (formerly Executive Vice-President, Corporate Development) as Chief Executive Officer of Kinross, replacing Tye W. Burt.  Mr. Rollinson has also replaced Mr. Burt on the Kinross Board of Directors.
6.	Reliance on Subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102
	Not applicable.
7.	Omitted Information
	No significant facts in this report remain confidential, and no information has been omitted from this report.
8.	Executive Officer
.	For further information, please contact Shelley M. Riley, Vice President, Office Services and Corporate Secretary, at (416) 365-5198
9.	Date of Report
	August 8, 2012