Exhibit 10.1

FIFTH AMENDMENT TO
ACQUISITION AGREEMENT AND
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

          THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO ACQUISITION AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT AND PLAN
OF MERGER (this "Amendment") is dated as of February 24, 2006, and entered into
by and among KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION, a corporation existing under the laws of
the Province of Ontario, Canada ("Parent"), CROWN MERGER CORPORATION, a
Washington corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Purchaser"),
and CROWN RESOURCES CORPORATION, a Washington corporation ("Crown," and together
with Purchaser, the "Constituent Corporations").

          A.     Parent, Purchaser, and Crown are parties to the Acquisition
Agreement and Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 20, 2003, as
previously amended April 7, 2004, September 15, 2004, December 30, 2004, and May
31, 2005 (the "Acquisition Agreement"), pursuant to which Purchaser will merge
with and into Crown and Crown will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.
The parties wish to amend the Acquisition Agreement as set forth herein. Defined
terms contained in this Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the
Acquisition Agreement.

          B.     This Amendment is entered into in conformance with Section 9.4
of the Acquisition Agreement which requires that any modification of the
Acquisition Agreement be set forth in writing and signed by all parties.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained in
this Amendment, and for other good and valuable consideration, the value,
receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

          1.     Amendment to Section 1.7.1. Section 1.7.1 is amended to read,
in its entirety, as follows:

Conversion of Crown Common Stock

. Each share of Crown Common Stock (other than Crown Common Stock held by Parent
or Purchaser or by a Dissenter) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the
Effective Time will be converted into the right to receive 0.32 Kinross Common
Shares (the "Exchange Ratio"). All outstanding shares of Crown Common Stock as
of the Effective Time will automatically be cancelled and will cease to exist.
The certificates formerly representing shares of Crown Common Stock to be
converted into Kinross Common Shares as described above (each a "Certificate"
and, collectively, the "Certificates") will thereafter represent that number of
Kinross Common Shares determined by the Exchange Ratio. Such certificates held
by Dissenters shall represent the right to pursue such rights as the Dissenter
may have under the Washington Act. Such certificates held by Parent or Purchaser
shall be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist and no Kinross Common
Shares or other consideration shall be delivered in exchange therefor.

          2.     Amendment to the Background Section and to Section 1.8.

The amount 0.2911 is changed to 0.32 in the first paragraph under Background and
in Section 1.8 of the Agreement

          3.     Amendment to Section 8.1.2.1. Section 8.1.2.1 is amended to
read, in its entirety, as follows:

The consummation of the Merger has not occurred by December 31, 2006, provided
that the party seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this clause has
not breached in any Material respect its obligations under this Agreement in any
manner that has contributed to the failure of the consummation of the Merger on
or before such date;

          4.     Royalty Obligation. Crown has a royalty obligation payable to
Newmont Mining Corporation ("Newmont") with respect to the Buckhorn Mountain
Project that can be satisfied in full by the payment of $2 million (the "Buy Out
Amount") to Newmont at any time prior to July 23, 2006. In the event that the
transaction contemplated by this Acquisition Agreement is not closed prior to
July 1, 2006, Crown agrees to pay the Buy Out Amount to Newmont if it determines
that it is appropriate to do so, or if it is requested by Kinross to do so. In
either such event, Kinross will, at the request of Crown, loan up to $2 million
to Crown in order to permit it to pay the Buy Out Amount to Newmont prior to
July 23, 2006. Any such loan would bear interest at the prime rate published for
major U.S. financial institutions in the Wall Street Journal on the day
preceding the loan, plus 3%. Interest would be paid quarterly in arrears and the
principal, plus any other unpaid amounts, would be due 3 years subsequent to the
date of the loan.

          5.     Ratification of Acquisition Agreement. Except as specifically
provided in Sections 1 through 4 hereof, the parties specifically ratify,
confirm, and adopt as binding and enforceable, all of the terms and conditions
of the Acquisition Agreement.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Purchaser, and Crown have caused this
Amendment to be signed as of the date first written above by their respective
officers or representatives thereunto duly authorized.

                                                            Parent:

                                                            KINROSS GOLD
CORPORATION

                                                                       By                                                           
                                                            Hugh A. Agro, Sr.
Vice-President

                                                            Purchaser:

                                                            CROWN MERGER
CORPORATION

                                                                       By                                                           
                                                            Lars-Eric Johansson,
Authorized Officer

                                                            Crown:

                                                            CROWN RESOURCES
CORPORATION

                                                                                          By                                                            
                                                              Christopher
Herald, President and CEO