AuRico Gold today announced that it notified the NYSE Amex of its intent to file a Form 25 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to withdraw Northgate Minerals Corporation's common shares from listing on the NYSE Amex. On October 26, 2011, AuRico completed its acquisition of Northgate. The acquisition was carried out by way of [...]
Standard & Poor's will make the following changes in the S&P/TSX Canadian Indices: The shareholders of Northgate Minerals Corporation have accepted the share exchange takeover offer from AuRico Gold Inc.. Shareholders of Northgate Minerals will receive 0.365 shares of Aurico Gold for each share held. Northgate Minerals will be removed from the [...]
AuRico Gold is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Northgate Minerals. With the completion of this strategic acquisition, AuRico is now positioned as a new leading intermediate gold producer with five operating mines and Young-Davidson targeting production at the end of Q1 2012. Ocampo and [...]
AuRico and Northgate are pleased to announce that shareholders of both companies have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the acquisition of Northgate by AuRico at their respective special meetings held earlier today. Shareholders of AuRico voted 99.1 percent in favour of the transaction while Northgate shareholders voted 98.6 percent in favour. The [...]
Northgate is pleased to announce its third quarter 2011 operating results, highlighted by record gold production for the second consecutive quarter from its Fosterville mine. Third Quarter 2011 Production Highlights: Total production for the quarter was 50,014 ounces of gold, which represents a 14% increase from the previous quarter.
Northgate is pleased to announce assay results recently received from four diamond drill holes completed at Young-Davidson. Two of these holes were drilled in the YD West zone, where a new Indicated and Inferred Resource estimate of 536,000 and 53,000 ounces, respectively, was recently announced1. Drill results from these two holes (approximate [...]
Northgate Minerals has entered into an Arrangement Agreement, dated as of August 29, 2011, by and among the Company and AuRico Gold Inc., pursuant to which, among other things and subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions to effectiveness, AuRico will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company in accordance with [...]
Northgate Minerals is pleased to announce a new, NI 43-101 compliant resource estimate for the YD West zone at Young-Davidson in northern Ontario. YD West is the most recent gold zone discovery located just west of the currently known 2.8 million ounce reserve1. The Young-Davidson mine is scheduled to commence production in early 2012.
AuRico Gold and Northgate Minerals Corp. jointly announce that pursuant to the New York Stock Exchange's advance notice requirement for setting record dates, the record date for the notice of the AuRico Meeting and the Northgate Meeting (as defined below) has now been set for September 23, 2011. Consistent with the change in the record date, the [...]
AuRico Gold and Northgate Minerals are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement to create a new leading intermediate gold producer. The new company will have 5 operating gold mines, a sixth mine targeting production in 2012 and 3 gold development projects in Mexico, Canada, and Australia, three of the top [...]
Northgate is pleased to report that Hole YD11-242 in the YD West zone intersected 5.30 grams per tonne ("g/t") gold over 44.1 metres (m) (estimated true thickness is 30.0 m), including 6.49 g/t over 27.5 m. Hole YD11-240A, an oblique hole drilled at an approximate 45°angle to the zone, returned 2.67 g/t over 193.0 m (estimated true thickness is [...]