2007 Full Report - Kinross Gold

DaytrippersEnvironmentalEducationIn 2007, Kinrossteamed up with Daytrippers,a Toronto-based charitableorganization, to give thegift of environmentaleducation school tripsto 700 underprivilegedstudents in Toronto overtwo years. Kinross’donation supported trips at11 schools, with studentsranging from JuniorKindergarten to Grade 8.2007 Corporate Donation Highlights• Launched two major new educational and research initiatives in partnership with twohighly regarded universities. The first of these was a contribution of CAD $500,000 overfive years to support the Kinross Professorship in Mining and Sustainability in partnershipwith the Department of Mining Engineering at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario,Canada. The second was a contribution of CAD $1 million in direct donations and in-kindfunding over three years to support the Kinross Canada-Brazil Network for AdvancedEducation and Research in Natural Resource Management, coordinated by the Universityof Guelph in Ontario, Canada• Contributed $250,000 to the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, an organization dedicatedto improving the health, education and quality of life for the people of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, to help facilitate our transition out of operations in that country,where we previously held an interest• Provided CAD $100,000, in cooperation with Zerofootprint, a Toronto-based not-forprofitorganization, in support of a micro-credit initiative and school feeding programin Tshivanga, Democratic Republic of Congo. The project funds a poultry cooperative,which has the goal of creating a revenue stream from the sale of eggs, as well asa supply of eggs for feeding programs at local schools• Contributed CAD $100,000 to the Juvenile Diabetes Research FoundationIn 2008, our goal is to develop a company-wide contributions program that supports strategicinitiatives aligned with our corporate responsibility principles and our growth as a leadingsenior global gold producer, and that continues to support our regional and local activities.Page 24 Kinross 2007 corporate responsibility reportKinross is a proud supporter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s efforts to find a curefor juvenile diabetes.