VANCOUVER, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Northgate Minerals
Corporation (TSX: NGX, AMEX: NXG) today reported that the company has filed
a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus with the Securities
Commissions in each of the provinces and territories of Canada and a
corresponding registration statement with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission. These filings, when made final, 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 and share purchase or equity units (all of the foregoing,
collectively, the "Securities") or any combination thereof up to an
aggregate offering size of Cdn$250,000,000 during the 25-month period that
the final short form universal base shelf prospectus 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. The net
proceeds from the sale of the Securities will be used to fund capital
expenditures, development and construction expenditures, exploration
activities, potential future acquisitions and for general corporate
purposes.

    A registration statement relating to these Securities has been filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, but has not yet
become effective. These Securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be
accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these Securities in any
state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to
the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such
state.

    NORTHGATE MINERALS CORPORATION is a mid-tier gold and copper producer
with mining operations, development projects and exploration properties in
Canada and Australia. The company is forecasting 400,000 ounces of unhedged
gold production in 2008 and is targeting growth through further
acquisitions in stable mining jurisdictions around the world. Northgate is
listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol NGX and on the
American Stock Exchange under the symbol NXG.

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:

    This news release contains certain "forward-looking statements" and
"forward-looking information" as defined under applicable Canadian and U.S.
securities laws. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by
the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," "expect,"
"intend," "estimate," "anticipate," "believe," or "continue" or the
negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates
and assumptions that are inherently subject to significant business,
economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Certain of the
statements made herein by Northgate Minerals Corporation ("Northgate")
including those related to future financial and operating performance and
those related to Northgate's future exploration and development activities,
are forward-looking and subject to important risk factors and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Corporation's ability to
control or predict. Known and unknown factors could cause actual results to
differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements.
Such factors include, among others: gold price volatility; fluctuations in
foreign exchange rates and interest rates; impact of any hedging
activities; discrepancies between actual and estimated production, between
actual and estimated reserves and resources and between actual and
estimated metallurgical recoveries; costs of production, capital
expenditures, costs and timing of construction and the development of new
deposits; and, success of exploration activities and permitting time lines.
In addition, the factors described or referred to in the section entitled
"Risk Factors" of Northgate's base shelf prospectus, "Risk Factors" of
Northgate's revised Annual Information Form (AIF) for the year ended
December 31, 2007 or under the heading "Risks and Uncertainties" of
Northgate's 2007 Annual Report, each of which is available on SEDAR at
http://www.sedar.com, should be reviewed in conjunction with this document.
Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements. The Corporation does not undertake any obligation to update
publicly or release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect
events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events, except in each case as required by law.

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