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Toronto-based Kinross Gold has appointed Tye Burt as president and CEO, replacing Bob Buchan, the company said in a release March 23.

Burt moves to Kinross from Barrick Gold, where he was vice-chairman and executive director for corporate development. Prior to that he spent 16 years in corporate finance, including some time as chairman of Deutsche Bank Canada.

Burt sits on the board of directors of the Ontario Financing Authority and is chairman of technology developer NRX Global.

Bob Buchan, who founded Kinross in 1993, resigned from the company's board of directors March 31. Burt has been elected to the board.