09:48 AM EST - Probe Mines Limited : and Goldcorp Inc. today announced an agreement whereby Goldcorp will acquire, through a friendly plan of arrangement, all the outstanding shares of Probe. The total consideration for the purchase is approximately $526 million. Under the Arrangement, each common share of Probe not owned by Goldcorp will be exchanged for 0.1755 common shares of Goldcorp. Goldcorp currently owns 8.4 million shares of Probe representing 9.3% of the basic shares outstanding. Probe Mines Limited
shares V.PRB are trading up $1.67 at $5.03.
