| Earnings, A big percentage improvement, but I doubt that it will really help this helpless company's Stock price.
 Northgate Exploration Limited of Toronto Announces Income Results
 
 TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 1999--Northgate Exploration
 Limited of Toronto, (TSE:NGX.)(NYSE:NGX) reports unaudited consolidated
 net income of $1,635,000 or $0.05 per share for the year ended
 Dec. 31, 1998, compared with net income of $479,000 or $0.02 per
 share for the year ended Dec. 31, 1997.
 
 The improvement in results is mainly attributable to higher
 investment income related to a U.S. $35 million debenture acquired in
 June 1998.
 
 At Dec. 31, 1998 the Corporation had investments with a book
 value of $57.1 million and long term debt of $30.3 million.
 
 NORTHGATE EXPLORATION LIMITED
 
 UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
 
 (Expressed in thousands of Canadian dollars except per share amounts)
 
 Three months ended       Year Ended
 
 December 31          December 31
 
 1998          1997     1998      1997
 
 REVENUE
 
 Investment and
 
 sundry income              $1,432          $455    $3,917    $1,580
 
 EXPENSES
 
 Administrative and
 
 general                       238           280       933     1,101
 
 Interest                       621                   1,349
 
 859           280     2,282     1,101
 
 NET INCOME FOR
 
 THE PERIOD                    $573          $175    $1,635      $479
 
 EARNINGS PER SHARE            $0.02         $0.01     $0.05     $0.02
 
 CONTACT:
 
 Northgate Exploration Limited, Toronto
 
 Terry Lyons, 604/669-3141 or 416/362-6683
 
 Fax: 416/367-3250
 
 KEYWORD: NEW YORK
 
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