Kinross buys gold development project in Russia

TSX- and NYSE-listed Kinross Gold has added to its portfolio in Russia with the $283-million acquisition of a gold project from private mining company N-Mining. The company will buy Chulbatkan – a heap leach development project with significant upside potential – for $113-million in cash and $170-million in Kinross shares, the Toronto-based miner announced on Wednesday.