Technical Report for the Maricunga Gold Mine - Kinross Gold

Kinross Gold CorporationMaricunga Mine Technical Report2.0 INTRODUCTION AND TERMS OF REFERENCE2.1 IntroductionThis Technical Report for the Maricunga Mine has been prepared to support the 2007Kinross Gold Corporation (Kinross) Annual Mineral Resources and Reserves Statement andhas been prepared under the direct supervision of the qualified person, Maryse Bélanger, P.Geo., Director Technical Services, Kinross Americas with contributions from CMM technicalstaff and Kinross Technical Services.2.2 Terms of ReferenceUnless otherwise noted:• all units of measurement in the following report are in metric measure;• all costs are expressed in terms of United States dollars;• all metal prices are expressed in terms of United States dollars;• a foreign exchange rate of $1.0 US = 530 Chilean pesos was used.2.3 Scope of WorkThe following Technical Report considered the following:• regional and local geology, structure, alteration and mineralization;• sample collection, preparation, security and analysis;• quality assurance and quality control procedures;• data entry, verification, management, security and storage;• block modelling, grade interpolation and resource estimation;• metallurgical recovery, plant design and performance;• mine planning, scheduling and reserve estimation;17