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SHORT FORM BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS
New Issue June 5, 2008
$250,000,000
Debt Securities
Common Shares
Warrants to Purchase Equity Securities
Warrants to Purchase Debt Securities
Share Purchase Contracts
Share Purchase or Equity Units
Northgate Minerals Corporation (“Northgate” or the “Corporation”) may offer and issue from time to time, debt securities (the
“Debt Securities”), common shares (the “Equity Securities”), warrants to purchase Equity Securities (“Equity Warrants”) and
warrants to purchase Debt Securities (“Debt Warrants”), (the Equity Warrants and Debt Warrants collectively referred to as the
“Warrants”), share purchase contracts and share purchase or equity units (all of the foregoing collectively, the “Securities”) or any
combination thereof up to an aggregate initial offering price of $250,000,000 during the 25-month period that this base shelf
prospectus (the “Prospectus”), including any amendments thereto, remains effective. Securities may be offered separately or
together, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined based on market conditions at the time of sale and set forth in an
accompanying shelf prospectus supplement (a “Prospectus Supplement”).