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Northern Dynasty Minerals President & CEO Ron Thiessen welcomes Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris’ remarks
VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 17, 2020 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE American:NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company") President & CEO
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[{"type":"text","content":" VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / August 17, 2020 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM)(NYSE American:NAK) (\"Northern Dynasty\" or the \"Company\") President & CEO Ron Thiessen spoke out today about comments made by Bass Pro Shops founder, majority owner and CEO Johnny Morris on Fox News Friday evening. \"I've heard from Northern Dynasty shareholders, from supporters of the Pebble Project, other domestic producers of US minerals and metals, and from pro-development conservatives from every region of the country over the course of the weekend,\" Thiessen said. \"A lot of them were concerned about Mr. Morris' message, but I see it differently. I want to assure all Americans who value the Bristol Bay region of Alaska for its wilderness and wildlife - particularly its thriving commercial, sport and subsistence fisheries - that we share your values, and are equally committed to the responsible use and sustainable development of America's natural resources.\" Thiessen said Morris' on-air recitation of a quote from former US President Theodore Roosevelt resonated with him. Calling Roosevelt the ‘father of US conservation', Morris said: \"There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country. We must conserve the soil so that our children shall have land that is more and not less fertile than our fathers worked in. We must conserve the forest not by disuse but by use, making them even more valuable at the same time that we use them. We must conserve the mines. \"Moreover, we must ensure so far as possible the use of certain of our great natural resources for the benefit of the people as a whole.\" Thiessen said Northern Dynasty's 100%-owned, US-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership (the \"Pebble Partnership\") has invested close to US$1 billion at Pebble to advance the proposed development project into and through federal permitting, much of it on environmental studies. He said the Pebble mine concept that initiated federal permitting in 2017, and last month received a favorable final Environmental Impact Statement (\"EIS\") from the US Army Corps of Engineers (\"USACE\"), is the most conservative, environmentally-driven engineering design ever for a major hard rock mine in the United States. \"We're very proud of the work we've done to design an environmentally sound, socially responsible and economically ...