Northern Dynasty: US Army Corps of Engineers releases Scoping Information for Pebble Project Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Northern Dynasty: US Army Corps of Engineers releases Scoping Information for Pebble Project
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
March 22 , 2018 –Vancouver–Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE MKT: NAK) ("Northern
Dynasty" or the "Company") today announced that the US Army Corps of Engineers ("USACE" or the "Corps")
has posted on its website a ‘Scoping Package’ for the Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”) permitting
review of the Pebble Project, as required under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”).
The USACE Scoping Package indicates the EIS scoping period will begin on April 1, 2018 and conclude on April
30, 2018. Public meetings will be hosted by the Corps du ring the scoping period in Alaska regional centers
Anchorage, Homer, King Salmon and Dillingham, as well as in villages in close proximity to the Pebble Project,
including Iliamna, Igiugig, Nondalton and Kokhanok.
In addition to seeking public and stakehol der input during scoping, the US Army Corps of Engineers will
facilitate a formal consultation and public comment process following publication of the Pebble Draft EIS –
expected sometime in 2019. The Corps’ current timeline projects the Final EIS for the Pebble Project to be
complete within 24 months.
Information regarding the Pebble EIS process, including the Scoping Package that describes this phase of the
process, can be found on the USACE website under Pebble Project EIS.
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.northerndynastyminerals.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
Canadian Media Contact:
Ian Hamilton
DFH Public Affairs
(416) 206-0118 x.222
US Media Contact:
Dan Gagnier
Gagnier Communications
(646) 569-5897
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 future events that the Compa ny 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 are that the Pebble project will be evaluated based on
technical and scientific criteria free from undue political or legal interference. 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 Pebb le 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 informati on 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. Northern Dynasty does not have control over the contents of the USACE
website and therefore Northern Dynasty cannot either endorse the contents or assume responsibility for the website’s contents
other than for submissions thereon actually made by Northern Dynasty.