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December 2024

What to watch for in 2025

As we head into a new year and a new administration, what should we be looking for in Pebble developments? Will a resource development-friendly administration affect Northern Dynasty Minerals’ (NDM) success in battling regulatory challenges? Will the economy chill – or invigorate – investor appetite for risky investments? There’s no clear answer to these questions, … Continued

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December 2024

Risky Business

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A prospective investor or other person reviewing Northern Dynasty for a prospective investor should not consider an investment in Northern Dynasty unless the investor can sustain an economic loss of their entire investment.” – Northern Dynasty Mineral’s Management Discussion and Analysis, September 30, 2024. The Pebble project at its core is a business proposition, one … Continued

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July 2024

Lawsuits, legislation and finances: Pebble news roundup

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News Roundup

In April 2024 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) reaffirmed that it wouldn’t issue a key permit for the Pebble project. The decision culminated a years-long appeals process that followed the Corps’ initial 2020 decision to deny developers a Clean Water Act (CWA) 404 permit. In January 2023, the EPA released a Final Determination … Continued

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July 2024

Mining claims in the Pebble deposit area

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The BBNC Land Department has produced a series of maps for Pebble Watch that show mining claims in the Pebble deposit area and how they have changed over the years. Pebble Limited Partnership claims have decreased from 415.5 square miles in 2017 to 275.7 square miles in 2024. Other developers also have claims in the … Continued

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March 2024

Northern Dynasty Minerals and State of Alaska sue over federal protections at Pebble deposit site

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In March 2024, both Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM, owner of Pebble Limited Partnership) and the State of Alaska brought lawsuits against the federal government related to its 2023 decision to establish prohibitions/restrictions on certain mining activity near the Pebble mine deposit. Overturning EPA’s Final Determination NDM’s priority case, filed in Federal District Court in Alaska, … Continued

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January 2024

Convertible Notes and Private Placement fund Northern Dynasty Minerals efforts for now

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As Pebble Watch reported in November, Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) – the sole owner of the Pebble Limited Partnership – is in continuous search for investors to help it advance the Pebble project. Several financing methods have been employed in the years since major partner Anglo American pulled out of the project. In December 2023 … Continued

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December 2023

Northern Dynasty Minerals continues to face financial challenges

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It’s been ten years since Anglo American withdrew from its 50/50 partnership in the Pebble project. Rio Tinto divested its 19% stake shortly thereafter. Since then, Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) has pursued a series of bought deals and private placements to raise cash to keep the project going. But money is tight and expenses continue … Continued

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June 2023

Pebble Watch News Roundup: June 2023

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Financial Northern Dynasty’s financial situation has been questionable since major investors pulled out of its singular Pebble project years ago. It did sign on an unnamed private investor last summer, which invested $12 million and could invest up to $60 million for a share of silver and gold that could be produced at the deposit. … Continued

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December 2020

Pebble project – what happens next?

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If there’s one thing that’s certain about the Pebble project, it’s that nothing is certain. The project has engendered high interest, both for and against, for years. And its extreme swings of fortune have provided both sides extreme highs and lows. The Pebble project has survived several events that could have sunk other projects: major … Continued

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November 2020

New Pebble tapes highlight plan for State subsidy

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Investigators posing as potential Pebble investigators embarrassed Northern Dynasty Minerals (NDM) in September by revealing candid conversations with NDM’s President and CEO Ron Thiessen and Pebble Limited Partnership’s (PLP) CEO Tom Collier. Collier resigned in the wake of the revelations. Thiessen didn’t. Now the company behind the investigation, EIA Global, has released additional tapes of … Continued