Form 6-K NORTHERN DYNASTY MINERAL For: Apr 27
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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 April
2021
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)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
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Form 20-F [X] Form
40-F
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper
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SUBMITTED HEREWITH
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Press Release dated April 27, 2021 Northern Dynasty Releases ‘Environmental, Social & Governance’ (ESG) Report for Alaska’s Pebble Project |
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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(Registrant)
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Date:
April 27, 2021
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By:
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/s/ Trevor Thomas
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Name:
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Trevor
Thomas
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Title:
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Secretary
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Exhibit 99.1
Northern Dynasty Releases ‘Environmental, Social &
Governance’ (ESG) Report for Alaska’s Pebble
Project
April 27, 2021 Vancouver – Northern Dynasty Minerals
Ltd. (TSX: NDM; NYSE American: NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the
"Company") has completed an ‘Environmental, Social &
Governance’ (“ESG”) Report for southwest
Alaska’s Pebble Project, and posted it to its corporate
website at https://northerndynastyminerals.com/responsible-mining/esg-reports/.
Northern Dynasty
acquired its interest in State of Alaska mineral claims at the
Pebble property in 2001, and since that time has worked diligently
with a number of partners to explore, plan and permit a proposed
copper-gold-molybdenum-silver-rhenium mine. The Pebble Project ESG
Report released today addresses the broad range of progressive
principles, practices and commitments the Company and its
100%-owned US-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership
(“Pebble Partnership”) have employed at Pebble over the
past two decades to advance the project toward environmentally
sound and socially responsible development.
“For
many reasons – including the Pebble deposit’s size and
significance, its location in a vast region that supports
world-class fisheries, and the active campaigning of national
environmental organizations – the progress of the Pebble
Project has been marked by public controversy and rhetoric,”
said Ron Thiessen, Northern Dynasty President & CEO.
“It’s unfortunate because so much of the good work done
to plan, permit, develop and operate a modern copper mine at Pebble
that would, in many ways, set a new standard for responsible
mineral development in the United States has been
obscured.”
Thiessen
said the report summarizes the major ESG policies, planning and
engineering approaches, and social commitments that Northern
Dynasty and the Pebble Partnership have made since acquiring the
Pebble Project in 2001 through to receiving a negative
‘Record of Decision’ (“ROD”) from the US
Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) in late 2020. The
report’s ‘Introduction’ concludes:
“This
ESG report is an effort to explain simply and directly, without
embellishment, what NDM (Northern Dynasty) and PLP (the Pebble
Partnership) have done in the years 2001 to 2020 to advance the
Pebble Project in an environmentally sound and socially/corporately
responsible way.
“We do not expect to convince readers based on this document
alone that the Pebble deposit can or should be developed. Rather,
the intent is to contribute to a more informed and balanced
dialogue about the proposed Pebble mine and the future of the
Pebble Project by facilitating greater understanding of its
past.”
In July
2020, following 2½ years of intensive review by the USACE and
eight federal cooperating agencies (including the US Environmental
Protection Agency and US Fish & Wildlife Service), three state
cooperating agencies (including the Alaska Department of Natural
Resources and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation), as
well as the Lake & Peninsula Borough and federally recognized
tribes, the Final Environmental Impact Statement (“Final
EIS”) for the Pebble Project was published. It found the
proposed mine would not have a measureable impact on local fish
populations or the commercial, subsistence and sport fisheries that
depend on them, and would make a significant socioeconomic
contribution to the region, the state and the country.
Notwithstanding
the findings of the Final EIS, the USACE issued a negative ROD for
the Pebble Project in November 2020, a decision which is currently
under appeal.
“We
believe we have proposed a project of considerable merit –
one that demonstrably meets the high environmental standards
enforced in Alaska and the United States, and will make a profound
contribution to the state’s economy and the country’s
transition to a lower-carbon future through the production of
domestic copper,” Thiessen said. “The ESG Report
published today is another step along the path of demonstrating
that Pebble can be part of the solution to a more sustainable
future.”
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 U.S. subsidiary, Pebble
Limited Partnership, is a 100% interest in a contiguous block of
2,402 mineral claims in southwest Alaska, including the Pebble
deposit, located 200 miles from Anchorage and 125 miles from
Bristol Bay. 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
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" under applicable law. All statements
in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that
address permitting, development and production for the Pebble
Project are forward-looking statements. These statements include
statements regarding (i) the mine plan for the Pebble Project, (ii)
the social integration of the Pebble Project into the Bristol Bay
region and benefits for Alaska, (iii) the political and public
support for the permitting process, (iv) the ability to
successfully appeal the negative Record of Decision and secure the
issuance of a positive Record of Decision by the US Army Corps of
Engineers and the ability of the Pebble Project to secure state
permits, (v) the right-sizing and de-risking of the Pebble Project,
(vi) the design and operating parameters for the Pebble Project
mine plan, (vii) exploration potential of the Pebble Project,
(viii) future demand for copper and gold, (ix) the potential
partnering of the Pebble Project, and (x) the ability and timetable
of NDM to develop the Pebble Project and become a leading copper,
gold and molybdenum producer. Although NDM believes the
expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are
based on reasonable assumptions, such statements should not be in
any way be construed as guarantees that the Pebble Project will
secure all required government permits, establish the commercial
feasibility of the Pebble Project or develop the Pebble Project.
Assumptions used by NDM to develop forward-looking statements
include the assumptions that (i) the Pebble Project will obtain all
required environmental and other permits and all land use and other
licenses without undue delay, (ii) studies for the development of
the Pebble Project will be positive, (iii) NDM’s estimates of
mineral resources will not change, (iv) NDM will be able to
establish the commercial feasibility of the Pebble Project, and (v)
NDM will be able to secure the financing required to develop the
Pebble Project. 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 (i) obtaining necessary mining and
construction permits, licenses and approvals without undue delay,
including without delay due to third party opposition or changes in
government policies, (ii) finalization of the mine plan for the
Pebble Project, (iii) the completion of feasibility studies
demonstrating that any Pebble Project mineral resources that can be
economically mined, (iv) completion of all necessary engineering
for mining and processing facilities, (v) the inability of NDM to
secure a partner for the development of the Pebble Project, and
(vi) receipt by NDM of significant additional financing to fund
these objectives as well as funding mine construction, which
financing may not be available to NDM on acceptable terms or on any
terms at all. NDM is also subject to the specific risks inherent in
the mining business as well as general economic and business
conditions, such as the current uncertainties with regard to
COVID-19.
The National Environment Policy Act Environmental Impact Statement
process requires a comprehensive “alternatives
assessment” be undertaken to consider a broad range of
development alternatives, the final project design and operating
parameters for the Pebble Project and associated infrastructure may
vary significantly from that currently contemplated. As a result,
the Company will continue to consider various development options
and no final project design has been selected at this
time.
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
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