# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000701818
**File Stem:** 0001171843-26-000890
**Filing Date:** 2026-2
**Character Count:** 4408
**Document Hash:** 3b16b10c3b14647fce59651d6f115d5f
**Contains OCR:** False
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001171843-26-000890.hdr.sgml**: 20260218

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001171843-26-000890

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 6-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260218

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260218

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260218

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** KINROSS GOLD CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000701818
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 01 Energy & Transportation
- **EIN:** 650430083
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 6-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-13382
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26649859

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 25 YORK STREET
- **STREET 2:** 17TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** A6
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 8013639152

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 25 YORK STREET
- **STREET 2:** 17TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** TORONTO
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** A6

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** PLEXUS RESOURCES CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**Form 6-K**

**REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

**For the month of February 2026**

Commission File Number: **001-13382**

**KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION**

(Translation of registrant's name into English)

**17th Floor, 25 York Street, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2V5**

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F [ ] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Form 40-F [ X ]

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**EXHIBIT INDEX**

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| <u>**Exhibit Number**</u> | <u>**Description**</u> |
| [99.1](exh_991.htm) | [Press Release dated February 18, 2026](exh_991.htm) |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

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|:---|:---|
|  | <u>**&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KINROSS GOLD CORPORATION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**</u> |
|  | (Registrant) |
| Date: February 18, 2026 | <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Lucas R. Crosby&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> |
|  | Lucas R. Crosby |
|  | Senior Vice President, General Counsel |

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## Exhibit 99.1

**EXHIBIT 99.1**

**Kinross announces 14% annual increase to cash dividend and declares Q4 dividend**

(All dollar amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.)

TORONTO, Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company's Board of Directors has approved a 14% increase to its longstanding dividend, which will amount to $0.16 per share on an annualized basis. This is in addition to the dividend increase announced in November 2025, representing a total increase of 33% since Q3 2025.

The Board of Directors has also approved the Company's quarterly dividend for the fourth quarter of 2025.

The quarterly dividend of $0.04 per common share is payable on March 26, 2026, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 11, 2026. This dividend qualifies as an "eligible dividend" for Canadian income tax purposes while dividends paid to shareholders outside Canada (non-resident investors) will be subject to Canadian non-resident withholding taxes.

**About Kinross Gold Corporation** 

Kinross is a Canadian-based global senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile and Canada. Our focus is on delivering value based on the core principles of responsible mining, operational excellence, disciplined growth, and balance sheet strength. Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: KGC).

**Media Contact** 

Samantha Sheffield

*Director, Corporate Communications*

phone: 416-365-3034

Samantha.Sheffield@Kinross.com

**Investor Relations Contact**

David Shaver

*Senior Vice-President, Investor Relations & Communications*

phone: 416-365-2854

InvestorRelations@Kinross.com

*Source: Kinross Gold Corporation*