NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC

NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM BALANCE SHEETS

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Commitments and contingencies (Notes 7 and 8) The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated interim financial statements.

These condensed consolidated interim financial statements are authorized for issue by the Board of Directors on June 23, 2025. They are signed on the Company’s behalf by:

NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

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NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

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NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (DEFICIT)

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NOTE 1–** NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION**

NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “NOVAGOLD” or the “Company”) operate in the mining industry, focused on the exploration for and development of gold mineral properties. On December 1, 2024, NovaGold (Bermuda) Alaska Limited, NovaGold Resources (Bermuda) Limited and NovaGold Argentina Inc., subsidiaries of the Company were amalgamated with NOVAGOLD.

The Company’s principal asset at May 31, 2025 is a 50% interest in the Donlin Gold project in Alaska, USA. The Company hasno realized revenues from its principal asset. The Donlin Gold project is owned and operated by Donlin Gold LLC (“Donlin Gold”), a limited liability company that was owned equally by wholly-owned subsidiaries of NOVAGOLD and Barrick Gold Corporation (“Barrick”). See Note 16 regarding changes to Donlin Gold ownership on June 3, 2025.

The Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements (“interim statements”) of NOVAGOLD are unaudited. In the opinion of management, all adjustments and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of these interim statements have been included. The results reported in these interim statements are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be reported for the entire year. These interim statements should be read in conjunction with NOVAGOLD’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended November 30, 2024. The year-end balance sheet data was derived from the audited financial statements and certain information and footnote disclosures required by United States generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) have been condensed or omitted.

The functional currency of the Company is the U.S. dollar. Prior to April 22, 2025, the functional currency of NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC., the parent entity, was the Canadian dollar. NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. reassessed its functional currency and determined that on April 22, 2025, given the increasing prevalence of U.S. dollar denominated activities and financing transactions, its functional currency changed from the Canadian dollar to the U.S. dollar. The change in functional currency was accounted for prospectively from April 22, 2025, and prior period consolidated financial statements were not restated for the change in functional currency. Previously recorded cumulative translation adjustments were not reversed.

References in these Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements and Notes to $ refer to United States dollars and C$ to Canadian dollars. Dollar amounts are in thousands, except for per share amounts.

NOTE 2–** SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES**

Contingent note receivable

A portion of the consideration from the Company’s 2018 sale of Galore Creek to a subsidiary of Newmont Corporation (“Newmont”) includes a $75,000 note receivable, contingent upon the approval of a Galore Creek project construction plan by the owner(s). The Company has not assigned a value to the contingent note receivable as management determined that the approval of the Galore Creek project construction was not probable as of the closing of the Galore Creek sale or in subsequent periods. The contingent note will be recognized when, in management’s judgement, it is probable that the payment will occur, and that the amount recorded will not reverse in subsequent periods.

Investment in affiliates

Investments in unconsolidated ventures over which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence, but does not control, are accounted for under the equity method and include the Company’s investment in the Donlin Gold project. The Company identified Donlin Gold as a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) as the entity is dependent on funding from its owners. During the periods presented, all funding, ownership, voting rights, and power to exercise control is shared equally on a 50/50 basis between the owners of the VIE. Therefore, the Company has determined that it is not the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss is its equity investment in Donlin Gold.

The equity method is a basis of accounting for investments whereby the investment is initially recorded at cost and the carrying value is adjusted thereafter to include the investor’s pro rata share of post-acquisition earnings or losses of the investee, as computed by the consolidation method. Cash funding increases the carrying value of the investment. Profit distributions received or receivable from an investee reduce the carrying value of the investment.

Donlin Gold is a non-publicly traded equity investee owning an exploration and development project. Therefore, the Company assesses whether there has been a potential triggering event for other-than-temporary impairment by assessing the underlying assets of the equity investee for recoverability and assessing whether there has been a change in the development plan or strategy for the project. If the underlying assets are not recoverable, the Company will record an impairment charge equal to the difference between the carrying amount of the investee and its fair value.

Share-based payments

The Company records share-based compensation awards exchanged for employee services at fair value on the date of the grant and expenses the awards in the Consolidated Statements of Loss over the requisite employee service period. The fair values of stock options are determined using a Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair values of PSUs are determined using a Monte Carlo valuation model. The Company’s estimates may be impacted by certain variables including, but not limited to, stock price volatility, employee stock option exercise behaviors, additional stock option grants, estimates of forfeitures, the Company’s performance, and the Company’s performance in relation to its peers.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements and Securities and Exchange Commission Rules

Updates to Reportable Segment Disclosures

In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07 “Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures”. ASU 2023-07 expands public entities’ segment disclosures by requiring disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included within each reported measure of segment profit or loss and interim disclosures of a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets. The standard is effective for the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2025, and subsequent interim periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements or disclosures.

Updates to Income Tax Disclosure

In December 2023, FASB issued ASU 2023-09 “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures”. ASU 2023-09 enhances the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. The standard is effective beginning with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2025, and subsequent interim periods, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the guidance on the consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 3–** SEGMENTED INFORMATION**

Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision-maker. The chief operating decision-maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating segments, has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer considers the business from a geographic perspective considering the performance of our investment in the Donlin Gold project in Alaska, USA (Note 5).

NOTE 4–** NOTES RECEIVABLE**

Galore Creek

On July 27, 2018, the Company sold its interest in the Galore Creek project to a subsidiary of Newmont for cash proceeds of $100,000 upon closing, a $75,000 note due upon the earlier of the completion of a Galore Creek pre-feasibility study or July 27, 2021, a $25,000 note due upon the earlier of the completion of a Galore Creek feasibility study or July 27, 2023, and a contingent note for $75,000 due upon approval of a Galore Creek project construction plan by the owner(s). The Company received from Newmont $75,000 on July 27, 2021, and $25,000 on July 27, 2023.

No value was assigned to the final $75,000 contingent note. The Company determined that Galore Creek project construction approval was not probable as of the closing of the Galore Creek sale. The Company’s assessment did not change as of May 31, 2025. The contingent note will be recognized when, in management’s judgement, it is probable that the payment will occur, and that the amount recorded will not reverse in subsequent periods.

NOTE 5–** INVESTMENT IN DONLIN GOLD**

The Donlin Gold project is owned and operated by Donlin Gold, a limited liability company in which wholly-owned subsidiaries of NOVAGOLD and Barrick each owned a 50% interest. Donlin Gold has a board offour representatives, withtwo representatives formerly selected by Barrick andtwo representatives selected by the Company. All significant decisions related to Donlin Gold require the approval of at least a majority of the Donlin Gold board. See Note 16 regarding changes to Donlin Gold ownership following May 31, 2025.

Changes in the Company’sInvestment in Donlin Gold are summarized as follows:

The following amounts represent the Company’s 50% share of the assets and liabilities of Donlin Gold. Donlin Gold capitalized the initial contribution of the Donlin Gold property asNon-current assets: Mineral property with a carrying value of $64,000, resulting in a higher carrying value of the mineral property for Donlin Gold LLC than that of the Company.

On April 22, 2025, the Company entered into a membership interest purchase agreement among Paulson Advantage Plus Master Ltd. and Paulson Partners LP (together, “Paulson”), Barrick Gold U.S. Inc., Barrick, Donlin Gold Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Paulson, and NovaGold Resources Alaska, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, whereby Barrick agreed to sell its 50% interest in Donlin Gold to Donlin Gold Holdings LLC and NovaGold Resources Alaska, Inc., for $1,000,000 (the “Donlin Gold Transaction”). In accordance with the agreement, NovaGold Resources Alaska, Inc. acquired an additional 10% interest in Donlin Gold for $200,000 and Donlin Gold Holdings LLC acquired a 40% interest in Donlin Gold for $800,000. The Donlin Gold Transaction had not closed as of May 31, 2025, but did close early in the third quarter (Note 16).

NOTE 6–** OTHER ASSETS**

NOTE 7–** PROMISSORY NOTE**

The Company has a promissory note payable to Barrick of $158,795, comprised of $51,576 in principal, and $107,219 in accrued interest at U.S. prime plus 2%, compounded semi-annually. The promissory note resulted from the agreement that led to the formation of Donlin Gold, where the Company agreed to reimburse Barrick for a portion of their expenditures incurred from April 1, 2006 to November 30, 2007. The promissory note and accrued interest are payable from 85% of the Company’s share of revenue from future mine production or from any net proceeds resulting from a reduction of the Company’s interest in Donlin Gold. The carrying value of the promissory note approximates fair value.

Concurrently with the Donlin Gold Transaction announced on April 22, 2025, the Company entered into a Prepayment Option Agreement (“POA”) with Barrick, which provides the Company with an option to prepay the promissory note in full for $90,000 prior to the closing of the Donlin Gold Transaction. As the prepayment option was not exercised prior to the closing date, the POA expired on June 3, 2025 (Note 16).

NOTE 8–** OTHER LIABILITIES**

NOTE 9–** EQUITY TRANSACTIONS**

Public Equity Offering and Private Placement Offering

On May 9, 2025, the Company closed a public equity offering of 47,850,000 shares of NOVAGOLD at a price of $3.75 per share. As part of the public equity offering, the Company granted the underwriters a 30-day overallotment option to purchase up to an additional 7,177,500 common shares at a price of $3.75 per share less underwriting discounts and commissions, which remained unexercised as of May 31, 2025. See Note 16 regarding the exercise in full of the overallotment option following May 31, 2025. Concurrent with the public offering, the Company also closed a private placement for 17,173,853 common shares of NOVAGOLD at a price of $3.75 per share. The public equity offering and concurrent private placement offering are referred to herein as the “May 2025 Offering”.

On closing of the May 2025 Offering, the Company received aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $243,839 before deducting fees and other offering expenses totaling approximately $9,734.

Warrants

Concurrent with the Donlin Gold Transaction announced on April 22, 2025, the Company entered into a backstop commitment agreement with certain institutional investors, pursuant to which the investors committed to purchase up to $170,000 of the Company’s common shares to partially fund the $200,000 payment to Barrick under the Donlin Gold Transaction discussed in Note 5. As consideration for providing this commitment, and independent of whether the backstop was ultimately exercised, the Company issued 25,500,000 warrants to the investors enabling them to purchase common shares of NOVAGOLD for an exercise price of $3.00 per share (“Backstop Warrants”). The Backstop Warrants expire in April 2030 and contain customary anti-dilution provisions. All the Backstop Warrants remained outstanding at May 31, 2025.

As discussed above, the Company subsequently completed the May 2025 Offering and the backstop commitment expired unexercised in May 2025. The Company determined the Backstop Warrants met the conditions for equity classification in accordance with U.S. GAAP and were included as a component of shareholders’ equity (deficit).

The Company estimated the fair value of the Backstop Warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model on the grant date. Key inputs included a 5-year term, an exercise price of $3.00 per share, a risk-free interest rate of 3.97%, and an expected volatility of 51.20%, based on the Company’s 5-year historical stock price. Based on these assumptions, the estimated fair value was $1.55 per warrant, resulting in a total fair value of $39,607. As the Backstop Warrants were not a direct offering cost associated with the May 2025 Offering, the $39,607 was recorded as a non-cash expense in the second quarter of 2025 and included in warrant expense in the consolidated statement of operations. The expense is also presented as a non-cash financing activity in the supplemental disclosures to the consolidated statement of cash flows (Note 15).

NOTE 10–** FAIR VALUE ACCOUNTING**

Financial instruments measured at fair value are classified into one of three levels in the fair value hierarchy according to the significance of the inputs used in making the measurement. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and

Level 3 — Prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, term deposits, accounts receivable, including from Donlin Gold, marketable equity securities, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and a promissory note. The fair value of the promissory note approximates its carrying value based on accrued interest at U.S. prime plus 2% and the terms for repayment from future mine production or from any net proceeds resulting from a reduction of the Company’s interest in Donlin Gold. The fair values of the Company’s other financial instruments approximate their carrying value due to the short‐term nature of their maturity. The Company’s financial instruments initially measured at fair value and then held at amortized cost include cash and cash equivalents, term deposits, accounts receivable, including from Donlin Gold, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and a promissory note. The Company’s marketable equity securities are valued using quoted market prices in active markets and as such are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of the marketable equity securities was $2,733 as of May 31, 2025 ($3,387 as of November 30, 2024), calculated as the quoted market price of the marketable equity security multiplied by the quantity of shares held by the Company.

NOTE 11–** GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE**

NOTE 12–** OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE), NET**

In January 2024, the Company received $743 for a note receivable from the sale of its interest in a mining project, which the Company had previously written off.

NOTE 13–** SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION**

The following table shows the recognized share-based compensation expense by award type:

Stock options

A summary of stock options outstanding and activity during the six months ended May 31, 2025 are as follows:

The following table summarizes key stock option valuation inputs:

As of May 31, 2025, the Company had $6,924 of unrecognized compensation cost related to 5,363,420 non-vested stock options expected to be recognized and vest over a period of approximately 2.91 years.

Performance share units

A summary of PSU awards outstanding and activity during the six months ended May 31, 2025 are as follows:

The following table summarizes key PSU valuation inputs:

As of May 31, 2025, the Company had $5,649 of unrecognized compensation cost related to 2,074,300 non-vested PSU awards expected to be recognized and vest over a period of approximately 2.91 years.

NOTE 14–** RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS**

The Company provided management and administrative services to Donlin Gold for $156 and $332 in the three and six months ended May 31, 2025, respectively ($260 and $418 in the three and six months ended May 31, 2024, respectively). As of May 31, 2025, the Company has accounts receivable from Donlin Gold of $462 (November 30, 2024: $420) included inOther current assets.

As consideration for providing a backstop commitment to the Company on April 22, 2025, NOVAGOLD issued Backstop Warrants (Note 9) to three institutional investors, one of which was Electrum Strategic Resources L.P. ("Electrum”). The Backstop Warrants have an estimated aggregate fair value of $39,607. Electrum received 6,375,000 Backstop Warrants having a fair value of approximately $9,902. Dr. Thomas Kaplan, NOVAGOLD's Chairman of the Board is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Electrum Group LLC, an affiliate of Electrum. Electrum is the single largest shareholder of NOVAGOLD.

Additionally, Electrum was one of two institutional investors who participated in a private placement that closed concurrent with the public equity offering at the same price as the concurrent public equity offering described in Note 9.

NOTE 15–** SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION**

During the first quarter of 2025, the Company received $952 in cash proceeds and 19,688 shares of Lundin Mining Corporation as consideration for the acquisition of one of the Company’s previously held marketable security investments.

As consideration for providing a backstop commitment to the Company on April 22, 2025, NOVAGOLD issued Backstop Warrants (Note 9) to certain institutional investors with an estimated total fair value of $39,607. The Company subsequently completed its May 2025 Offering and the backstop commitment expired unexercised in May 2025. As the Backstop Warrants were not a direct offering cost associated with the May 2025 Offering, the $39,607 was recorded as a non-cash expense in the second quarter of 2025 and included in warrant expense in the consolidated statement of operations. The expense represents a non-cash financing activity.

NOTE 16–** SUBSEQUENT EVENTS**

On April 22, 2025, the Company entered into a membership interest purchase agreement with Paulson and Barrick whereby Barrick agreed to sell its 50% interest in Donlin Gold to the Company and Paulson for $1,000,000. The transaction closed on June 3, 2025. In accordance with the agreement, NovaGold Resources Alaska, Inc. has acquired an additional 10% interest in Donlin Gold for $200,000 and Donlin Gold Holdings LLC has acquired a 40% interest in Donlin Gold for $800,000. While NOVAGOLD has a 60% economic interest in Donlin Gold following the closing of the transaction, NOVAGOLD and Paulson have equal governance rights.

Concurrent with the closing of the Donlin Gold Transaction on June 3, 2025, the POA discussed in Note 7 expired and the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Secured Promissory Note with Barrick that provides the Company with the option to prepay the promissory note, discussed in Note 7, in full for $100,000 on or before December 3, 2026.

On June 3, 2025, the underwriters’ overallotment option in connection with the May 2025 Offering (Note 9) was exercised in full, which upon the closing on June 5, 2025 resulted in the Company issuing 7,177,500 common shares of NOVAGOLD for gross proceeds of approximately $26,916.