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Northern Financial Corp.

09:40 AM EST - Northern Financial Corp. : announced its all cash offer to acquire all of the issued common shares of African Aura Resources Ltd. at a cash price of $0.06 per Share. Northern owns 6.83 million shares representing approximately 10.1 per cent of the total issued shares. The offer represents a premium of approximately 3.27 per cent to the volume weighted average trading price of the shares on the Venture Exchange for the 120-day period ended February 2, 2009, which was $0.0581. Northern Financial Corp. shares T.NFC are trading even at $0.43.