Technical Report for the Maricunga Gold Mine - Kinross Gold

Kinross Gold CorporationMaricunga Mine Technical Reportno requirement to post financial assurance to secure site restoration costs in Chile atpresent.The increased reserves will result in the need to permit additional leach pad capacity but thisis not considered to be a risk, as the existing permitted space is sufficient for the majority ofthe remaining reserves.23.6 Capital CostsCapital requirements were defined based on a mine life of 16 years utilizing the SARTprocess in future years. The capital costs critical items include construction costs for theSART process facility, sustaining capital for continued expansion of the existing leach padand partial replacement of the mining fleet in year 2015. The breakdown of costs wasestablished by activity area. They are reported in three main categories: mining, processingand others. The costs associated with upgrading some existing equipment in 2008 report tothe Other category. The schedule of capital costs is presented in Table 23-1.Table 23-1: Capital Costs – Maricunga2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017MiningStrippingProjectconstructionEquipment 1,900 7,200 13,290 10,650 2,050 13,530 28,900 1,500 4,300Sustaining 10,233 3,227 10,965 841 755 473 325 583 341 855OtherSubtotal 12,133 10,427 24,255 11,491 2,805 473 13,855 29,483 1,841 5,155ProcessingProjectConstruction 8,000 2,000 29,387 24,926 5,000 3,000 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500EquipmentSustaining 1,000 500 500SART 539 19,704Subtotal 8,539 22,704 29,387 24,926 5,000 3,500 3,500 3,500 3,500 4,000OtherProjectConstructionEquipmentSustaining 14,879 -13,916OtherSubtotal 14,879 -13,916CapitalCosts 35,551 19,215 53,642 36,417 7,805 3,973 17,355 32,983 5,341 9,155108