according to christopher barker, kinross is a major now:

Like a perpetual game of monkey-in-the-middle, the midsized miners of gold are pegged with a term that even sounds like a passing phase: intermediate. With a voracious appetite for acquisitions and a knack for streamlining development, Kinross Gold (NYSE: KGC) has reached a scale of production and a wealth of reserves that warrant its graduation into the elite club of major producers.

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