NORTHERN DYNASTY MINING

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Hunter Dickinson Management Receives 'Entrepreneur of the Year' Award
10/5/04


The management of Hunter Dickinson Inc. ("HDI") was recently named 2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the Natural Resources category. The HDI management team of Robert Dickinson, Ronald Thiessen, David Copeland, Scott Cousens, David Jennings and Jeffrey Mason were honoured at the Entrepreneur of t
he Year Awards banquet for the Pacific Region at the Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre held on September 27.

In his acceptance remarks on behalf of the group, President and CEO Ron Thiessen acknowledged co-founders Bob Hunter (who retired earlier this year) and Bob Dickinson, the diverse backgrounds of the management group and the important contributions by HDI staff and associates. He also described the evolution and shared objectives of the management group:


"An entrepreneur is defined as a risk-taking businessperson, someone who sets up and finances new commercial enterprises to make a profit. Certainly Bob Hunter and Bob Dickinson fit that profile or definition when they got together in 1985... By 1994 Hunter Dickinson had been formalized into an incorporated company and included more principals, and we set about to create a franchise around the name, Hunter Dickinson Inc. The franchise we wanted to build was one of entrepreneurship, and to create an environment where the entrepreneurship of the people at Hunter Dickinson could flourish."


Hunter Dickinson Inc. manages publicly traded companies active in mineral exploration and development throughout the world, providing expertise in geoscience, engineering, environmental science, finance, property acquisition and regulatory, government and community affairs. These successful companies include Taseko Mines Limited (TSXV:TKO)(AMEX:TGB), Great Basin Gold Ltd. (TSX:GBG)(AMEX:GBN), Anooraq Resources Corporation (TSXV:ARQ)(AMEX-ANO), Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSXV NDM)(OTCBB-NDMLF), Farallon Resources Ltd. (TSX:FAN), Continental Minerals Corporation (TSXV:KMK)(OTCBB-KMKCF), Rockwell Ventures Inc. (TSXV:RCW)(OTCBB-RCKVF), Amarc Resources Ltd. (TSXV:AHR)(OTCBB:AXREF) and Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd. (TSXV:QZM). HDI has proven capabilities at every stage of mine development, from early stage exploration (a current focus of Amarc Resources Ltd.) to mine operation (re-start activities are nearing completion at the Gibraltar mine of Taseko Mines Limited), and seeks to be in the forefront of the industry in terms of developing partnerships and gaining a social license. An example of this is the recent transition of Anooraq Resources Corporation to a Black Economic Empowerment company in South Africa, the first of its kind to be listed on and have access to North American capital markets.




FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Hunter Dickinson Inc. Investor Services [phone] or 1-800-667-2114 (North America) [phone] Website: www.hdgold.com No regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained in this news release.