NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC
For the period ended Nov 30, 2025. Filed Jan 22, 2026.
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FY2025 · Filed Jan 22, 2026
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Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
| Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules |
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(a)(1) Financial Statements
| Page | |
|---|---|
| Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID 271) | 73 |
| Consolidated Balance Sheets | 75 |
| Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss | 76 |
| Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | 77 |
| Consolidated Statements of Equity | 78 |
| Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | 79 |
(a)(2) Financial Statement Schedules
Schedule A – The Financial Statements of Donlin Gold LLC as of November 30, 2025 and 2024 and for the years ended November 30, 2025, 2024 and 2023.
No other financial statement schedules are filed as part of this report because such schedules are not applicable or the required information is shown in the Consolidated Financial Statements or Notes thereto. See sectionItem 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
(a)(3) Executive Compensation Plans and Arrangements
Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Gregory A. Lang, dated January 9, 2012, identified in exhibit list below.
Employment Agreement between NOVAGOLD Resources Alaska, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant) and Gregory A. Lang dated January 9, 2012, identified in exhibit list below.
Employment Agreement between NovaGold USA, Inc. and Richard A. Williams dated January 8, 2013, identified in exhibit list below.
Employment Agreement between NovaGold USA, Inc. and Peter Adamek dated July 25, 2024, identified in exhibit list below.
2004 Stock Award Plan of NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. (as amended) identified in exhibit list below.
NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan identified in exhibit list below.
NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. 2009 Performance Share Unit Plan identified in exhibit list below.
NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. 2009 Non-Employee Directors Deferred Share Unit Plan identified in exhibit list below.
(b) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description |
| 3.1 | Certificate of Continuance (British Columbia) dated June 10, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K dated June 19, 2013) |
| 3.2 | Certificate of Discontinuance (Nova Scotia) dated June 10, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Form 6-K dated June 19, 2013) |
| 3.3 | Notice of Articles (British Columbia) dated June 10, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the Form 6-K dated June 19, 2013) |
| 3.4 | Amended and Restated Articles of NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. dated May 12,2021 (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to Registrant’s definitive proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2021) |
| 4.1 | Description of Common Shares |
| 10.1 | 2004 Stock Award Plan of NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. (as amended) (incorporated by reference to Appendix A to Registrant’s definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2023) |
| 10.2 | NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2013, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2014) |
| 10.3 | NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. 2009 Performance Share Unit Plan (as amended) (incorporated by reference to Appendix C to Registrant’s definitive proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2023) |
| 10.4 | NOVAGOLD Resources Inc. 2009 Non-Employee Directors Deferred Share Unit Plan (as amended) |
| 10.5 | Employment Agreement between the Registrant and Gregory A. Lang dated January 9, 2012. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2013, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2014) |
| 10.6 | Employment Agreement between the Registrant’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NOVAGOLD Resources Alaska, Inc., and Gregory A. Lang, dated January 9, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2013, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 12, 2014) |
| 10.7* | Share Purchase Agreement, dated July 25, 2018, by and among NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC., Newmont Mining Corporation and Newmont Canada FN Holdings ULC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the Form 8-K/A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2018) |
| 10.8 | Employment Agreement between the Registrant’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NovaGold USA, Inc., and Richard A. Williams, dated January 8, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2024) |
| 10.9 | Employment Agreement between the Registrant’s wholly-owned subsidiary, NovaGold USA, Inc., and Peter Adamek, dated July 25, 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2024, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2024) |
| 10.10 | Membership Interest Purchase Agreement among the Company, Barrick Gold U.S. Inc., Barrick Gold Corporation, Paulson Advantage Plus Master Ltd., Paulson Partners LP, Donlin Gold Holdings LLC, and NOVAGOLD Resources Alaska, Inc. dated April 22, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2025) |
| 10.11 | Form of Warrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2025) |
| 10.12 | Backstop Agreement dated April 22, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2025) |
| 10.13 | Amended and Restated LLC Operating Agreement dated June 3, 2025 among Donlin Gold Holdings LLC, NOVAGOLD Resources Alaska, Inc. and Donlin Gold LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2025) |
| 10.14 | Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated June 3, 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2025, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2025) |
| 19.1 | Registrant’s Insider Trading Policy adopted January 29, 2014, and amended May 18, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 19.1 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2024) |
| 21.1 | Subsidiaries of the registrant |
| 23.1 | Consents of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| 23.2 | Consent of Wood Group USA Inc. |
| 23.3 | Consent of Paul Chilson |
| 23.4 | Consent of Geosyntec Consultants International, Inc. |
| 31.1 | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 31.2 | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 32.1 | Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 32.2 | Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 96.1 | S-K 1300 Technical Report Summary on the Donlin Gold Project, Alaska, USA |
| 97.1 | Registrant’s Incentive Compensation Recovery Policy dated November 17, 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 97.1 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2023, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2024) |
| 101 | The following materials are filed herewith: (i) Inline XBRL Instance, (ii) Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema, (iii) Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation, (iv) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels, (v) XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation, and (vi) Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition. |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File – The cover page interactive data file does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. |
| * | Confidential treatment has been granted for certain portions of this Exhibit pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Exchange Act, which portions have been omitted and filed separately with the SEC |
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