Past year: ▼ 23%(5.83 – 13.32 USD)
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22 July 2026business combination● Neutral
Agreed to reorganize into a new Delaware holding company, NovaGold Corporation, via a share-for-share plan of arrangement (with Paulson Advisers as a party) - a jurisdictional redomicile from British Columbia, not a change in the underlying Donlin Gold business.
12 Mar 2026contract award▲ Good
Awarded further Bankable Feasibility Study engineering contracts to WSP USA, Worley Alaska and Hatch for key infrastructure (power plant, gas pipeline, pressure-oxidation circuit), rounding out the technical team alongside lead contractor Fluor.
9 Feb 2026contract award▲ GoodMajor
NovaGold and Paulson selected Fluor Corporation to lead the new Bankable Feasibility Study for Donlin Gold, targeted for completion in 2027.
5 Feb 2026capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
Closed a $310.2 million bought-deal offering at $10.00/share - roughly triple the $3.00-3.75 pricing of the 2025 Barrick-buyout financings - reflecting how much the stock had re-rated since NovaGold took majority control of Donlin Gold.
8 Sept 2025drilling result▲ GoodMajor
With Barrick's exit complete, the 2025 Donlin Gold drill program pivoted toward converting resources to reserves and geotechnical work for a new Bankable Feasibility Study, returning high-grade intercepts up to 23.49 g/t gold along the way.
12 Aug 2025listing compliance notice▼ Bad
NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC withdrew a registration statement, abandoning the offering it covered.
4 June 2025asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
Closed the acquisition of Barrick's 50% Donlin Gold stake: NovaGold paid $200 million for an extra 10% (reaching 60% ownership) and Paulson paid $800 million for the remaining 40%, with the two now sharing equal governance under a new LLC agreement - Barrick's three-decade involvement in Donlin Gold formally ends.
12 May 2025capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
Closed a further $64.4 million private placement with existing major shareholders Electrum and Kopernik (17.2 million shares at $3.75), additional financing for the Barrick buyout and the planned feasibility study update.
What it means for a shareholder
17.2m new shares at US$3.75 to raise about US$64.4m. That's 4.9% dilution: every existing holder's slice gets 4.9% smaller. If you held US$1,000 of shares (267 at the issue price), your slice goes from 0.0000797% to 0.0000758% of the company. To keep it you'd need 14 more shares - about US$53 at the issue price.
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9 May 2025material agreement▲ GoodMajor
Launched a public underwritten offering (Citigroup, RBC) of common shares expected to net $169.7-195.2 million, earmarked to help fund NovaGold's $200 million share of the Barrick buyout.
22 Apr 2025capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
NovaGold and Paulson Advisers agreed to buy Barrick's 50% interest in Donlin Gold for $1.0 billion cash - NovaGold's stake rising from 50% to 60% (paying $200 million for the extra 10%) with Paulson taking the other 40% - a transformative deal that ends Barrick's involvement. NovaGold's largest existing shareholders (Electrum, Paulson, Kopernik, all related parties) backstopped up to $170 million of NovaGold's funding via warrants, with the rest from cash on hand; the deal was vetted by an independent special committee.
19 Jan 2023drilling result▲ GoodMajor
Donlin Gold released final 2022 drill assays, including a standout 17.20-meter intercept grading 11.11 g/t gold, completing the program ahead of schedule and under budget.
1 Nov 2022drilling result▲ GoodMajor
More high-grade 2022 assays, with drilling completed ahead of schedule (141 holes, 42,331 meters total) and results from the tightly-spaced Divide grid supporting the resource model.
28 July 2022drilling result▲ GoodMajor
Donlin Gold's 2022 drill program got off to a strong start, running ahead of schedule with encouraging high-grade assays from the first third of a planned 34,000-meter program.
28 Feb 2022drilling result▲ GoodMajor
Donlin Gold released final 2021 drill assays - a comprehensive 79-hole, 24,264-meter program with multiple high-grade intercepts - alongside news of the largest annual project budget in more than a decade.
1 Dec 2021drilling result▲ GoodMajor
Following an executive workshop between Barrick and NovaGold's CEOs and a site visit, the partners reaffirmed confidence in Donlin Gold and charted next steps toward a feasibility study update, alongside more high-grade assay results from the 2021 program.
2 Sept 2021drilling result▲ GoodMajor
Donlin Gold's 2021 drill program turned up significant new high-grade intercepts in the ACMA and "Divide" zones between the ACMA and Lewis deposits, pointing to potential feeder zones for the broader mineralizing system.
26 Mar 2021drilling result▲ GoodMajor
Donlin Gold released the final assays from the 2020 drill program (all 85 holes, 23,361 meters), confirming higher-than-modeled grade-thickness and prompting the board to consider a larger follow-up program for 2021.
19 Jan 2021drilling result▲ GoodMajor
Donlin Gold (NovaGold's 50/50 Alaska gold JV with Barrick) reported more assays from its 2020 drill program - 71% of the 85 holes now reported - continuing to show higher grade-thickness than the existing geologic model predicted.
3 Oct 2018asset acquisition disposition● Neutral
A second amendment to the Galore Creek sale filing, again adding financial-statement detail with no change to deal terms.
2 Aug 2018asset acquisition disposition● Neutral
Amended the Galore Creek sale filing to add the required pro forma financial statements; deal terms unchanged.
30 July 2018asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
Sold its entire interest in the Galore Creek copper-gold project and the adjoining Copper Canyon property (British Columbia) to Newmont for up to $275 million - $100 million cash upfront plus milestone-based notes worth up to $175 million more - letting NovaGold concentrate fully on its flagship Donlin Gold project in Alaska.
