UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16
OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Commission File Number: 001-32210
Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
15th Floor - 1040 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, BC, V6E 4H1
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. |
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Date: November 25, 2014 |
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/s/Ronald W. Thiessen |
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Ronald W. Thiessen |
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US federal court grants
Preliminary Injunction to halt EPA regulatory process at Pebble
November 25, 2014 Vancouver, BC Northern Dynasty
Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE MKT: NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company")
reports that U.S. Federal District Court for Alaska Judge H. Russell Holland has
granted the Pebble Limited Partnerships (Pebble Partnership or PLP) request
for a Preliminary Injunction in its litigation against the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
Although the decision is a procedural victory and does not
resolve our claims that EPA pursued a biased and predetermined 404c veto
initiative against Pebble by not complying with the requirements of the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (FACA), the decision is important for several reasons,
said Tom Collier, CEO of the Pebble Partnership.
Specifically, the court has granted a Preliminary Injunction
that blocks EPA from taking any further steps in the 404c regulatory process it
has initiated at Pebble before Judge Holland is able to issue a final decision
on the merits of our FACA case. We expect the case may take several months to
complete. This means that, for first time, EPAs march to preemptively veto
Pebble has been halted.
Collier noted that PLP has raised concerns regarding FACA
violationsincluding that EPA secretly colluded with environmental activists to
bring about a predetermined result before undertaking any scientific
inquiryentirely based on the select documents that EPA has disclosed in
response to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests.
Collier: We know these are only the tip of the iceberg. We now
have the opportunity to conduct discovery regarding all relevant
documents and to conduct depositions of the key people involved in the EPA
process. The documents we have been able to review thus far disclose more than
500 contacts between EPA and activists. We fully expect that once we have access
to all documents there may be many times that number.
Collier noted that one criterion that must be met as a
prerequisite for a court granting a Preliminary Injunction is that the claimant
has a likelihood of success on the merits. Although EPA argued strongly that
the Pebble Partnership could not meet that test, the court found that it has.
We are heartened by this procedural ruling in Pebbles favour,
and look forward to the discovery process and the opportunity to fully argue the
merits of our case before the court, said Northern Dynasty President & CEO
Ron Thiessen. We continue to believe that Pebble is a mineral resource of
national importance that deserves to be comprehensively reviewed by federal and
state regulatory agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act and
Clean Water Act.
About the Pebble Project
The Pebble Project is an initiative of the Pebble Partnership
to responsibly develop a globally significant copper, gold and molybdenum
deposit in southwest Alaska into a modern, long-life mine, which will benefit
not only the owner, but the people, culture and industries of the State of
Alaska, as well as suppliers, consultants and industries in the Lower 48 United
States of America.
A 2013 study authored by IHS Global Insight, entitled The
Economic and Employment Contributions of a Conceptual Pebble Mine to the Alaska
and United States Economies found the Pebble Project has the potential to
support 15,000 American jobs and contribute more than $2.5 billion annually to
US GDP over decades of production. The IHS Global Insight study is available at
www.northerndynasty.com.
The Pebble Project is located 200 miles southwest of Anchorage
on state land designated for mineral exploration and development. It is situated
in a region of rolling tundra approximately 1,000 feet above sealevel, 65 miles
from tidewater on Cook Inlet and presents favourable conditions for successful
mine site and infrastructure development.
About Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
Northern Dynasty is a mineral exploration and development
company based in Vancouver, Canada. Northern Dynasty's principal asset is the
Pebble Project in southwest Alaska, USA, an advanced-stage 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 open pit and underground workings 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 annual
Form 40-F filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
its home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.
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