NOVAGOLD Prices $179M Underwritten Upsized Public Offering Of 47.85M Common Shares At $3.75 Per Share

Concurrently with the proposed upsized public offering, the Company intends to complete a private placement of 17,173,853 common shares to certain of its major shareholders at the public offering price. NOVAGOLD intends to use the net proceeds from the offering and the concurrent private placement described above to fund the purchase price for NOVAGOLD's previously announced acquisition1 of an additional 10% ownership interest in Donlin Gold LLC and to use the remaining net proceeds, if any, for general corporate purposes including updating the feasibility study.