Technical Report for the Fort Knox Mine - Kinross Gold

Fort Knox Mine Technical ReportCertificate of AuthorI, Robert Duncan Henderson, P. Eng., residing at 3295 Spruce Avenue, Burlington, ON,L7N 1J5 do hereby certify that:• I am employed by Kinross Gold Corporation, 40 King Street West, Toronto,Ontario, Canada, M5H 3Y2, in the capacity of Vice President, TechnicalServices.• I am a graduate of the University of Cape Town (1984) with a B.Sc. ChemicalEngineering degree and have practiced my profession continuously since 1984.• I am a member in good standing of the Association of Professional Engineers ofOntario, licence number 100107661.• I have been involved with the mining industry continuously since my graduationfrom University and have operating and engineering experience in gold mineslocated in South Africa, Canada, United States of America, Russia, Brazil andChile.• I have read the definition of "qualified person" set out in National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") and certify that by reason of my education, affiliation with aprofessional association (as defined in NI 43-101) and past relevant workexperience, I fulfill the requirements to be a "qualified person" for the purposes ofNI 43 -101.• I am responsible for the supervision of the preparation of the “Technical Reportfor the Fort Knox Mine”, dated March 31, 2008. I have read National Instrument43-101 and Form 43-101F1, and the technical report has been prepared inaccordance with this instrument.• I have personally visited the mine site on several occasions from 2004 to 2007.The most recent visit was in November, 2007.• As of the date of this certificate, to the best of my knowledge and belief, thetechnical report contains all the scientific and technical information that isrequired to be disclosed to make the technical report not misleading.• I have not had prior involvement with the property that is the subject of thetechnical report.• I am not independent of the issuer. Per section 5.3.2 of National Instrument 43-101 an independent qualified person was not required to write the technicalreport on the Fort Knox Mine.2