Northern Dynasty Minerals Limited announced that the Pebble Limited Partnership and Tom Collier, the former Chief Executive Officer, have each been served with a subpoena issued by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Alaska.
The subpoena seeks to produce documents in connection with a grand jury investigation apparently involving previously disclosed recordings of private conversations regarding the Pebble Project.
For example, one tape featured Collier discussing Senator Lisa Murkowski’s reluctance to act against the Pebble Project: “It’s an age-old practice where when you have constituents, you have important people who support you on two sides of an issue, you try to find a way to satisfy them both. You don’t choose one or choose the other. You try to satisfy them both. The way that Senator Murkowski has done that is that when she’s asked a question she says things that don’t sound supportive of pebble – but when it comes time to vote, when it comes time to do something, she never does anything to hurt Pebble. Never.”
According to a press release from Northern Dynasty, the company, the Pebble Partnership and Collier intend to cooperate with the investigation.
Northern Dynasty also states that they’re not aware of any charges having been filed against any entity or individual regarding the manner and will provide updates on the investigation in its periodic and interim filings and releases.