Northern Dynasty: Plaintiffs File Response Briefs Detailing Serious Issues in DOJ Brief

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Northern Dynasty: Plaintiffs File Response Briefs Detailing Serious Issues in DOJ BriefVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / April 14, 2026 / Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX:NDM0(NYSE American:NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company") and its 100%-owned, U.S.-based subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership ("Pebble Partnership") announce that on April 14, 2026, they filed a Brief in Alaska Federal Court responding to the Department of Justice ("DOJ") brief filed on February 17, 2026 on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"). The State of Alaska, Iliamna Natives Ltd. and Alaska Peninsula Corp. also filed response briefs. The arguments presented clearly demonstrate the flaws in the DOJ brief and the compelling reasons why the veto is illegal and should be withdrawn immediately.Ron Thiessen, Northern Dynasty President and CEO commented:"Our assertion has consistently been that this veto is illegal, and we have a high level of confidence that the court will agree with us. The conclusions upon which the government rested its veto determination are directly contradicted by the Final Environmental Impact Statement ("FEIS") prepared pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") with the assistance of AECOM, an independent and very experienced consulting firm. Moreover, EPA did not even attempt to provide an explanation of why its conclusions contradict those reached in the FEIS. The FEIS is the ‘gold standard' for resolving complex scientific and factual issues where various parties hold different views. We are confident the court will conclude that EPA's conclusions, which are contrary to the conclusions reached in the FEIS, are ‘arbitrary and capricious' and require that the issuance of the veto be vacated.""In addition to making this arbitrary and capricious argument, the brief that we filed today powerfully argues that the economic analysis failed to comply with the law because it did not calculate the positive economic impacts of the project and exaggerated the negative impact costs. The EPA's choice to arbitrarily ignore the potential of the proposed mine to generate billions of dollars of economic activity based on capital investments and tax revenues alone[1], benefiting the region, Alaska and the U.S., is irresponsible. Further, the standard used by EPA to determine that the veto should be issued was much lower tha...

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