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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-25-006210"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NG"
cik: "0001173420"
company_name: "NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC"
filed_at: "2025-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:03:23.917476+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# NOVAGOLD posts Q3 loss $15.6M; completes $1B Donlin Gold acquisition, now 60% owner

## Summary
- Net loss $15.6M ($0.04 EPS) for Q3 Aug 31, 2025; no revenue as development-stage company.
- Completed $1B acquisition of Barrick Mining's 50% stake in Donlin Gold; NOVAGOLD increased ownership to 60% for $200M.
- Ended Q3 with $125M cash/term deposits after raising $260M in public/private offerings.
- Issued RFP for Bankable Feasibility Study; 18,454m drill program completed with intervals up to 23.49 g/t gold.
- Federal District Court upheld most permits; water rights cases pending Alaska Supreme Court decisions in 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-25-006210
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NG
- cik: 0001173420
- company_name: NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC
- filed_at: 2025-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173420/000117184325006210/0001171843-25-006210-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173420/000117184325006210/f8k_100125.htm

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