Mid-tier gold miner Northern Star Resources has agreed to pay up to $193 million to acquire explorer Echo Resources and says it will also weigh up a bid for Kalgoorlie's Superpit.
Bill Beament-led Northern Star has also flagged reopening mothballed mines in its portfolio on the back of the soaring Australian dollar gold price.
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