Goldcorp offers to buy Osisko Mining in C$2.6 bln deal

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Goldcorp Inc G.TO said it offered to buy smaller gold miner Osisko Mining Corp OSK.TO in a C$2.6 billion ($2.4 billion) cash-and-stock deal.

The offer, which works out to C$5.95 per share, represents a 15 percent premium to Osisko's closing share price on Friday.

($1 = 1.0923 Canadian dollars)

(Reporting by Swetha Gopinath in Bangalore; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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