Northern Dynasty: Pebble Partnership, EPA file Joint Motion to extend Stay of Proceedings
Northern Dynasty: Pebble Partnership, EPA file Joint Motion to extend Stay of Proceedings
VANCOUVER – May 4, 2017 - Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE MKT: NAK) ("Northern Dynasty"
or the "Company") announces that its wholly-owned US subsidiary, Alaska-based Pebble Limited Partnership ("Pebble
Partnership" or "PLP"), and the US Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") have filed a Joint Motion in federal court
to extend a stay of proceedings in the parties’ longstanding legal dispute over the federal agency’s pre-emptive regulatory
action under Section 404(c) of the Clean Water Act to May 11, 2017.
The motion states: “The parties have identified a likely framework for settlement and request a short, one-week extension
of the current stay to allow the parties the time necessary to finalize the agreement and obtain the required approvals.”
Pebble Partnership CEO Tom Collier: “A great deal of common ground has been established between the parties,
including on the importance of upholding the rule of law when it comes to administering statutorily mandated processes
under the Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act and other federal statutes. On that basis, we anticipate
achieving a resolution to these matters next week.”
About Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
Northern Dynasty is a mineral exploration and development company based in Vancouver, Canada. Northern Dynasty's
principal asset, owned through its wholly-owned Alaska-based US subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership and other
wholly-owned subsidiaries, is a 100% interest in a contiguous block of 2,402 mineral claims in southwest Alaska,
including the Pebble deposit. The Pebble Partnership is the proponent of the Pebble Project, an initiative to develop one
of the world's most important mineral resources.
For further details on Northern Dynasty and the Pebble Project, please visit the Company's website at
www.northerndynasty.com or contact Investor services at (604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114.
Review Canadian public filings at www.sedar.com and US public filings at www.sec.gov.
Ronald W. Thiessen
President & CEO
Forward Looking Information and other Cautionary Factors
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward‐looking statements". All statements in this release, other than
statements of historical facts, that address exploration drilling, exploitation activities and events or developments that the Company
expects are forward‐looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in its forward‐looking
statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements should not be in any way construed as guarantees of the ultimate
size, quality or commercial feasibility of the Pebble Project or of the Company's future performance or the outcome of litigation.
Assumptions used by the Company to develop forward‐looking statements include the following: the Pebble Project will obtain all
required environmental and other permits and all land use and other licenses, studies and development of the Pebble Project will
continue to be positive, and no geological or technical problems will occur. The likelihood of future mining at the Pebble Project is
subject to a large number of risks and will require achievement of a number of technical, economic and legal objectives, including
obtaining necessary mining and construction permits, approvals, licenses and title on a timely basis and delays due to third party
opposition, changes in government policies regarding mining and natural resource exploration and exploitation, the final outcome of
any litigation, completion of pre‐feasibility and final feasibility studies, preparation of all necessary engineering for surface or
underground mining and processing facilities as well as receipt of significant additional financing to fund these objectives as well as
funding mine construction. Such funding may not be available to the Company on acceptable terms or on any terms at all. There is
no known ore at the Pebble Project and there is no assurance that the mineralization at the Pebble Project will ever be classified as
ore. The need for compliance with extensive environmental and socio‐economic rules and practices and the requirement for the
Company to obtain government permitting can cause a delay or even abandonment of a mineral project. The Company is also subject
to the specific risks inherent in the mining business as well as general economic and business conditions. For more information on
the Company, Investors should review the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and its home
jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.