Kinross Gold ( KGC ) Headquartered in Toronto, Kinross Gold (NYSE: KGC ) is involved with the exploration and acquisition of gold-bearing properties, as well as a wide variety of other mining activities. 2010 has been an up-and-down year for KGC, and overall the stock is down 2.5% year-to-date. There's a lot of talk about inflation in the works after the latest round of "quantitative easing" by the Federal Reserve.