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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
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By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Mason
Director and Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 1, 2005
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Northern
Dynasty Minerals Ltd.
1020 - 800 W Pender St.
Vancouver BC
Canada V6C 2V6
Tel 604 684-6365
Fax 604 684-8092
Toll Free 1 800 667-2114
http://www.northerndynasty.com
NORTHERN DYNASTY APPOINTS PEBBLE FEASIBILITY STUDY DIRECTOR
March 1, 2005, Vancouver, BC - Ronald W. Thiessen, President and
CEO of Hunter Dickinson Inc. ("HDI") and Northern Dynasty Minerals
Ltd. ("Northern Dynasty") (TSX Venture: NDM; AMEX: NAK), is pleased
to announce the appointment of Stephen Hodgson, P.Eng, as Vice President of
Engineering for HDI and Feasibility Study Director for Northern Dynasty's
Pebble Project, effective March 15, 2005.
Mr. Hodgson has more than 28 years of experience in mine operations, mine
development, and project engineering, most recently, as the Technical Director,
Mining and Study Manager for AMEC Americas Limited. His past experience includes
senior positions with internationally recognized engineering firms including
MRDI Canada as President, H.A. Simons Ltd. as Manager of Mining for Simons
Mining Group, and Cominco Engineering Services Ltd. as Principal Mining Engineer.
His background includes a focus on copper-gold projects. He was the Feasibility
Study Manager and Qualified Person for Ivanhoe's Oyu Tolgoi project in
Mongolia. He was also Mining Lead for Teck's copper/gold porphyry Petaquilla
project in Panama and for Battle Mountain's Phoenix project in Nevada.
His experience also includes various gold developments - he has led study
teams for projects such as Patricia Mining's Island Zone in Ontario and
NovaGold's Donlin Creek in Alaska.
As Vice President of Engineering, Mr. Hodgson will be involved in evaluating,
managing and coordinating detailed engineering studies for advanced stage
mineral development projects for the companies within the HDI group. His first
assignment will be as Feasibility Study Director with Northern Dynasty, where
he will join the Pebble Project Team to manage the completion of a Feasibility
Study for the large scale Pebble gold-copper-molybdenum project in Alaska.
Mr. Hodgson will join the existing Pebble Project executive team comprised
of Robert Dickinson (Geology and Resources), Brian Mountford (Project Infrastructure
and Road, Power and Port Engineering) and Bruce Jenkins (Environment, Socioeconomic,
Government and Community Relations and Permitting), whose objective is to
advance development of the Pebble Project in a rigorous and timely manner.
Mr. Hodgson is a registered Professional Engineer (BC) who holds a Bachelor
of Science in Mineral Engineering (Mining) from the University of Alberta.
He sits on the advisory committee of the British Columbia Institute of Technology's
Mining Technology Program and is a member of several industry associations:
Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum; Prospectors and Developers
Association of Canada; and American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and
Petroleum Engineers. Mr. Hodgson's wealth of experience and expertise
will greatly assist the Hunter Dickinson group of companies.
For further details on Northern Dynasty and the Pebble project please visit
the Company's website at www.northerndynasty.com or contact Investor Services
at (604) 684-6365 or within North America at 1-800-667-2114. Review Northern
Dynasty's Canadian public filings at www.sedar.com and US public filings
at www.sec.gov.
ON
BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
/s/ Ronald W. Thiessen
Ronald W. Thiessen
President and CEO
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