VANCOUVER, June 20, 2016 /CNW/ - Northern
Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE MKT: NAK) ("Northern Dynasty"
or the "Company") announces the voting results from its 2016 Annual
General Meeting held on June 16, 2016
in Vancouver, British Columbia
(the "Meeting").
At the Meeting, a total of 153,433,141 common shares were voted,
representing 69.07% of the votes attached to all outstanding common
shares of record. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of
business before the Meeting, which included the election of the
following directors:
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DIRECTOR
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% of Votes in
Favour
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Desmond
Balakrishnan
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88.33%
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Steven
Decker
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97.01%
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Robert A.
Dickinson
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95.52%
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Gordon
Keep
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87.88%
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David
Laing
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95.79%
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Christian
Milau
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95.75%
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Kenneth
Pickering
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95.92%
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Ronald W.
Thiessen
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95.54%
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Prior to the Meeting but post the mailing of the Management
Information Circular, two Board members – David De Witt and Marcel
de Groot – withdrew their consent to be re-elected to the
Board. Both joined the Board upon the consummation of the Plan of
Arrangement with Mission Gold Ltd. (see Northern Dynasty News
Release December 24, 2015) in order
to see the conclusion of that arrangement, bring some new members
to the Board and help provide longer-term strategic guidance.
Having accomplished these goals, Messrs. De Witt and de Groot have
decided to re-focus on other businesses interests.
Northern Dynasty CEO, Ron
Thiessen said "On behalf of the Northern Dynasty Board and
shareholders, I want to thank Dave and Marcel for their time and
effort to advance the objectives of Northern Dynasty, and wish them
well in their future endeavours."
As a result of the recent election and changes, the Board
committees have been reconstituted. The Audit and Risk Committee
will consist of Steven Decker,
Kenneth Pickering and Christian Milau as the Chair. The
Nominating and Governance Committee will consist of Steven Decker, Christian
Milau and David Laing as the
Chair. The Compensation Committee will consist of David Laing, Gordon
Keep and Kenneth Pickering as
the Chair.
Detailed voting results for the Meeting are available on SEDAR
at www.sedar.com
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 initiative to develop one of the world's most important mineral
resources.
Ronald W. Thiessen
President & CEO
SOURCE Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.