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Goldcorp. is offering $1.5-billion in a friendly bid to buyout Gold Eagle Mines Ltd., the junior miner that made the Bruce Channel discovery near Goldcorp's existing mines in Northern Ontario.

The cash-and-stock offer, which values Gold Eagle at about $12.62 a share, is conditional on the acceptance of at least two-thirds of Gold Eagle's shareholders. Gold Eagle last traded at $10.58 on Wednesday.

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Goldcorp Inc. (NYSE: GG, TSX: G) and Gold Eagle Mines Ltd. (TSX: GEA) today announced an agreement whereby Goldcorp will acquire, through a friendly plan of arrangement, all outstanding shares of Gold Eagle.

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