[LOGO] KINROSS
GOLD CORPORATION
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KINROSS SELLS INTEREST IN PACIFIC RIM MINING CORP.
TORONTO, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 30, 2003...KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION (TSX-K AND
NYSE-KGC) ("KINROSS") announces that it has sold its entire equity ownership
stake in Pacific Rim Mining Corp. (TSX-PMU and Amex-PMU) consisting of
17,606,049 shares for net proceeds of Cdn.$21.8 million. This investment was
deemed not to be strategic to Kinross on a going forward basis.
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