Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. announced a restructuring of its Board of Directors resulting in a reduction of the number of members to seven. Scott Cousens, Gordon Fretwell, Wayne Kirk, Russell Hallbauer, Peter Mitchell and Marchand Snyman have each resigned from the Board and David De Witt has been added as a new director. David De Witt is the Chairman of Pathway Capital Ltd. In conjunction with his law practice and subsequent involvement in the raising of venture capital, Mr. De Witt has over 20 years' experience financing public companies and structuring and negotiating major transactions in the mining sector.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Law degree, also from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Snyman will remain as the company's Chief Financial Officer.