Cash Flow Will Finance New Mines

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NORTHGATE MINERALS CORP. $1.24 (Toronto symbol NGX; SI Rating: Speculative) (604-681-4004; www.northgateminerals.ca; Shares outstanding: 255.7 million; Market cap: $317.0 million) owns and operates the Kemess South open-pit mine in north-central B.C. However, Northgate expects to exhaust the ore at Kemess South in late 2010. To replace production from Kemess South, Northgate bought Australian gold miner Perseverance Corp. last year for $257 million U.S. Perseverance produces approximately 225,000 ounces of gold a year from two mines. Northgate aims to continue increasing output and cutting costs at Perserverance’s mines. Northgate now forecasts total gold production from all of its mines in 2009 of 392,000 ounces at a cash cost of $461 U.S. per ounce. Cash flow for 2009 is forecast at $0.45 U.S. a share. Northgate’s major development project is its Young -Davidson property in northern Ontario. Exploration drilling over the past year has more than doubled estimated gold resources at the project. The underground resource estimate increased by 1.9 million ounces of gold, to…