Pebble owner advances nontraditional financing

Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd. Nov. 2 said it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire full ownership of Mission Gold Ltd., a Vancouver, B. C.-based exploration company with roughly C$9 million in cash and full ownership of the Alto Parana titanium project in Paraguay.

Selling Alto Parana to a third party on terms acceptable to Northern Dynasty was a condition of a preliminary agreement enter...