Company

Kinross Gold

Kinross Gold Corporation is a Toronto-headquartered senior gold mining company that owns and operates gold mines internationally, including the Great Bear project near Red Lake, Ontario.

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Scandals

Mines Minister's Policy Staffer Who Advanced Kinross's Great Bear Mine Now Lobbies for Kinross2026

Lobbyist

Kinross's in-house lobbyist registration PP4900-20240718032499 (filed by CEO Paul Rollinson; first filed 2024-07-22; last amended 2026-07-08) lists former Ministry of Mines deputy director of policy Kevin Rombout as Senior Specialist, External Affairs. Its listed targets include the Office of the Premier and the Office of the Minister of Energy and Mines. Kinross says Rombout consulted the Integrity Commissioner before joining and followed all ethics rules.

Ring of Fire Fast-Track — Ontario Bypasses Environmental Assessment and Indigenous Consent for Mining Rush2026

Beneficiary

$5B+ capital investment

Ontario's Minister of Energy and Mines Stephen Lecce announced the province is fast-tracking Kinross Gold's Great Bear gold project near Red Lake under the 'One Project, One Process' permitting framework, making it the third project (and first gold mine) accepted under the program, over the objections of downriver Grassy Narrows First Nation which has launched a legal challenge citing risk to the English-Wabigoon river system and previously won a challenge to one of Kinross' water-taking permits at the Ontario Land Tribunal.

People

J. Paul RollinsonExecutiveChief Executive Officer and Director of Kinross Gold Corporation since August 2012; quoted publicly welcoming Ontario's fast-track designation of the Great Bear project ('This designation facilitates a more integrated and streamlined path forward as we advance the permitting of this world-class mine').