Mr. Ronald Thiessen reports

NORTHERN DYNASTY: PEBBLE PARTNERSHIP CONSENTS TO EPA'S REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL 30-DAY ABEYANCE

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. and its 100-per-cent-owned, United States-based subsidiary, Pebble LP, have informed the court that they do not object to a motion from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to hold the litigation in abeyance for a further 30 days. This is in addition to the 90-day abeyance that was requested by the defendants on Feb. 14, 2025, to give the new administration time to familiarize itself with the issues presented in this case and to decide how they wish to proceed.

"We have not objected to the request for this additional and shorter abeyance because there still is not a confirmed Assistant Attorney General for the environment and natural resources division of the Justice Department in place. This is an important position in any negotiation between a project proponent and a regulator, and for a process that could, hopefully, remove the veto and restart the permitting process," said Ron Thiessen, Northern Dynasty's president and chief executive officer.

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 LP, is a 100-per-cent interest in a contiguous block of 1,840 mineral claims in southwestern 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.

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