Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSE:NDM) Trading Down 29% After Insider Selling

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. (TSE:NDM) (NYSE:NAK) shares fell 29% during trading on Friday following insider selling activity. The company traded as low as C$1.41 and last traded at C$2.23. 8,945,346 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 744% from the average session volume of 1,059,950 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$3.14.

Specifically, Director Ronald William Thiessen sold 600,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$3.01, for a total transaction of C$1,803,600.00. Also, Director Michael Heatwole sold 102,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$2.94, for a total value of C$300,186.00. In other news, Senior Officer Stephen Hodgson sold 200,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, July 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$3.03, for a total value of C$606,400.00.

Northern Dynasty Minerals Price Performance

The stock has a market cap of C$754.99 million, a PE ratio of -44.06 and a beta of 0.75. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of C$1.86 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$1.41. The company has a current ratio of 1.04, a quick ratio of 3.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.33.

About Northern Dynasty Minerals

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd is a Canadian mineral exploration company. It has a single operating segment of acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. Its core asset is the Pebble Project located in Alaska, USA. The Pebble project is seeking to develop a significant deposit of copper, gold, molybdenum, and silver into a modern mining operation.