Mr. Ronald Thiessen reports

NORTHERN DYNASTY: ALASKA COURT MOVES QUICKLY, SETTING DATE FOR ORAL ARGUMENT FOR JUNE 25, 2026

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd., its 100-per-cent-owned U.S.-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership and all parties involved in the Federal District Court litigation in Alaska seeking to vacate the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) veto have filed their briefs. The court moved quickly to schedule oral argument (which includes answering all questions which may be asked by the court) for June 25, 2026.

About Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd.

Northern Dynasty's principal asset, owned through its wholly owned Alaska-based U.S. subsidiary, Pebble Limited Partnership, is a contiguous block of 1,840 mineral claims in southwest Alaska, including the Pebble deposit.

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