Barrick Extends Takeover Bid for NovaGold and Bema Gold Corporation: Notice of 2006 Third Quarter Results Conference Call/Webcast Rescheduled.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-9 November 2006-U.S. Equity News: Barrick Extends Takeover Bid for NovaGold and Bema Gold Corporation: Notice of 2006 Third Quarter Results Conference Call/Webcast Rescheduled(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09112006 City of Industry, CA - Gold & Silver industry alert provided by U.S.

Equity News. NovaGold Resources Inc. (AMEX:NG) on Wednesday again rejected the best and final offer of rival Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE:ABX), the world's largest gold producer, to acquire all of its outstanding common shares for $16 per share, or a total of $1.7 billion. About 20.6 million common shares of NovaGold have been deposited to Barrick's offer, which is about 22.5 percent of the NovaGold's outstanding common shares, according to Toronto-based...