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With no debt due till 2020, cashed-up Kinross looks towards four years of expansion

2nd September 2016

By: Henry Lazenby

Creamer Media Deputy Editor: North America

  

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VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – With no debt maturing in the next four years, a strong balance sheet and excellent liquidity, Canadian gold producer Kinross Gold expects to have the financial flexibility to fund organic growth opportunities within its global portfolio.

The TSX- and NYSE-listed miner announced Thursday that it had repaid $250-million in senior notes that were due September 1, leaving it with no further debt maturities until 2020, as the maturity dates of the company's $500-million term loan and $1.5-billion revolving credit facility were extended by one year to August 10, 2020 and August 10, 2021, respectively.

With cash and cash equivalents of $968.2-million and available credit of $1.5-billion, for total liquidity of about $2.5-billion at its disposal, Kinross is looking towards the $300-million Tasiast Phase 1 expansion, in Mauritania, and a potential expansion at its Bald Mountain mine, which it acquired in January from Barrick Gold in a deal valued at $610-million.

The miner, with producing assets in the Americas, West Africa and Russia, has seen its TSX-listed stock double since the start of the year, and on Thursday it closed up 4.2% at C$5.46 apiece.

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