NORTHERN DYNASTY MINERALS LTD.
800 West Pender Street, Suite 1020
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada V6C 2V6
 
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
By: /s/ Jeffrey R. Mason
Director and Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: November 26, 2007
 
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Ste. 1020 - 800 West Pender Street
Vancouver , BC V6C 2V6
Tel: 604-684-6365
Fax: 604-684-8092
Toll Free: 1-800-667-2114
www.northerndynasty.com
 
 
NORTHERN DYNASTY ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF A NEW DIRECTOR

November 26, 2007, Vancouver, BC - Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSX: NDM; AMEX: NAK) ("Northern Dynasty" or the "Company"), announces that Stephen Scott, CPA, has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors.

Mr. Scott has over 20 years of experience in the mining industry, encompassing both international and domestic assignments. He is currently General Manager Commercial, Rio Tinto Exploration, Project Generation Group, a position that he has held since 2005. Between 2000 and 2005, he held other senior managerial positions within the Rio Tinto plc group. Rio Tinto plc owns, or controls indirectly through affiliates, approximately 19.8% of Northern Dynasty's outstanding shares.

Robert Dickinson, Chairman of the Company said:

For further details on Northern Dynasty, 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.
 
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

/s/ Robert Dickinson
Chairman

No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in this news release.

Northern Dynasty is solely and entirely responsible for the contents of this news release. No other party including any parties which have an interest in the project are in any way responsible for the contents hereof.
 
This release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address estimated resource quantities, grades and contained gold, possible future mining, exploration and development activities, are forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements should not be in any way construed as guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include market prices for metals, the conclusions of detailed feasibility and technical analyses, lower than expected grades and quantities of resources, mining rates and recovery rates and the lack of availability of necessary capital, which may not be available to the Company on terms acceptable to it or at all. The Company is subject to the specific risks inherent in the mining business as well as general economic and business conditions. For more information on the Company, Investors should review the Company's annual Form 20-F filing with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and its home jurisdiction filings that are available at www.sedar.com.