July 6, 2010 (FinancialWire) (Go to http://www.financialwire.net/?s=ftrdnwswnd for all of today’s featured news.) — Northgate Minerals Corp. (TSX: NGX) (AMEX: NXG) said it has filed a final short form base shelf prospectus with the securities commissions in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, except Quebec, and a corresponding amendment to its shelf registration statement in the United States.

The final shelf prospectus will allow Northgate to make offerings of debt securities, common shares, warrants to purchase common shares and warrants to purchase debt securities, share purchase contracts, share purchase or equity units, subscription receipts, preference shares and units or any combination thereof up to an aggregate offering size of Cdn$250 million over a 25-month period.

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.

Northgate said it will use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities to fund capital expenditures, development and construction expenditures, exploration activities, potential future acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

Canada-based Northgate Minerals is a gold and copper producer with mining operations, development projects and exploration properties in Canada and Australia.

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