NOVAGOLD - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Independent Lead Director

Mr. Anthony Walsh has more than 20 years of international experience in the field of exploration, mining and development and was the President and CEO of Sabina Gold & Silver Corp. ("Sabina") from 2008 to 2011. Prior to joining Sabina, Mr. Walsh was President and CEO of Miramar Mining Corporation from 1999 to 2007, Vice-President and CFO of Miramar Mining Corporation from 1995 to 1999, the Senior Vice-President and CFO of a computer leasing company (1993-1995) and the CFO and Senior Vice-President, Finance of International Corona Mines Ltd., a major North American gold producer (1989-1992). From 1985 to 1989 he was Vice-President, Finance of International Corona Mines Ltd., and from 1973 to 1985 Mr. Walsh held various positions at Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, a firm of Chartered Accountants. Mr. Walsh currently serves as a director of Sabina and Dundee Precious Metals Ltd. Mr. Walsh graduated from Queen's University (Canada) in 1973 and became a member of The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1976.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Daniel Muñiz Quintanilla has more than 25 years of experience in international law, capital markets, and finance in the mining, logistics and infrastructure industries. He currently is a member of the board of directors of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP, Hudbay Minerals Inc., and Gatos Silver Inc. He is also a Founding Partner of Whetstone Resources, Inc. Mr. Muñiz served as the Managing Director (CEO) and Executive Vice Chair of Americas Mining, the holding company of the mining division of Grupo Mexico from 2014 to 2018, as Managing Director (CEO) of Industrial Minera Mexico, the underground mining division of Grupo Mexico from 2010 to 2014, and as Chief Financial Officer of Grupo Mexico from 2007 to 2014. He holds a law degree from Universidad Iberoamericana, in Mexico City, a master's degree in law from Georgetown University, and a master's degree in business administration from Instituto de Empresa, in Spain.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Dr. Diane Garrett has more than 20 years of experience in the resource sector and currently serves as the President and CEO of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation, owner operator of the gold-silver Hycroft Mine in Northern Nevada. She was formerly President and CEO of Nickel Creek Platinum Corp. ("NCP"), a mining exploration and development company, from 2016-September 2020. Prior to joining NCP, she held the position of President and CEO of Romarco Minerals Inc., taking the multi-million-ounce Haile Gold Mine project from discovery to construction. Prior to that, she held numerous senior positions in public mining companies including VP of Corporate Development at Dayton Mining Corporation and VP of Corporate Development at Beartooth Platinum Corporation. Early in her career, Dr. Garrett was the Senior Mining Analyst and Portfolio Manager in the precious metals sector with US Global Investors. Dr. Garrett received her Ph.D. in Engineering and her Masters in Mineral Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Dr. Elaine Dorward-King has spent most of her career in mining, most recently as an Executive Vice President of Newmont Corporation ("Newmont"). From March 2013 until June 2019, she served as Newmont's Executive Vice President of Sustainability and External Relations, and from June 2019 until January 2020 she served as Newmont's Executive Vice President of Environmental, Social and Governance Strategy. Prior to joining Newmont, Dr. Dorward-King spent 20 years with Rio Tinto, one of the world's largest diversified producers of metals and minerals, in general management and Environmental Health and Safety leadership roles. Dr. Dorward-King has more than 30 years of leadership experience in creating and implementing sustainable development, safety, health and environmental strategy, and programs in mining, chemical, and engineering consulting sectors. Currently Dr. Dorward-King serves on the Board of Directors of Sibanye-Stillwater, Kenmare Resources plc, and Nevada Copper. Dr. Dorward-King holds a bachelor's degree from Maryville College and received a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Colorado State University.

Job Titles:

• Interim General Manager / Donlin Gold LLC

NOVAGOLD is unwavering in its commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety management. Acknowledging our responsibilities, we prioritize providing a secure and healthy working environment for our workforce. Our dedication extends to preventing incidents, work-related injuries, and mitigating health and safety risks and hazards. At NOVAGOLD, fostering a culture of zero harm is paramount, emphasizing that health and safety are collective responsibilities and top priorities for everyone. This commitment to health and safety, as outlined in NOVAGOLD's Health and Safety Policy, is fundamental to fostering an environment where every individual returns home safely every day. It is extended to the safety, health, and welfare of NOVAGOLD's employees and their families, Donlin Gold's employees and their families, contractors, visitors, and all communities surrounding operations. NOVAGOLD management is resolute in providing leadership in health and safety, with all team members holding themselves accountable for personal safety and that of their colleagues. Collaborating with Donlin Gold, we actively encourage a culture promoting safe work practices, through individual and group employee motivation, safety achievement rewards, and recognition of safety performance, both within the workplace and in our local communities. This dedication empowers individuals and fosters collaborative efforts within communities, ensuring a promising future for all. NOVAGOLD and Donlin Gold provide team members with the necessary training, guidance, direction, and knowledge to safely perform their tasks, while requiring continuous demonstration of essential skills and competence for safety. Rigorous standards are implemented for the protection of all employees and contractors, actively promoting safety programs at our worksites and throughout the Y-K region and investing in the development of the current and future workforce through training and educational activities and programs. Moreover, we actively support and encourage efforts to promote a safe and healthy lifestyle beyond the workplace with initiatives accessible across the Y-K region's communities. We continuously identify and then eliminate, isolate, or mitigate risks and hazards for every task, while seeking improvements in policies and procedures through team member communication and feedback, motivation, reward and recognition, health and safety system reviews, and the incorporation of new technology, techniques, and processes. Furthermore, we maintain and test emergency response plans to minimize the impacts of unforeseen events. Applicable Corporate Policies can be found at https://www.novagold.com/company/governance/

Job Titles:

• Manager, Investor Relations

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Member of the Board of Directors
• Member of the Management Team
• PRESIDENT

Mr. Greg Lang is NOVAGOLD's President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Lang has more than 35 years of diverse experience in mine operations, project development and evaluation, including time as President of Barrick Gold North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation ("Barrick"). Mr. Lang held progressively responsible operating and project development positions over his 10-year tenure with Barrick and, prior to that, with Homestake Mining Company and International Corona Corporation, both of which are now part of Barrick. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and is a Graduate of the Stanford University Executive Program.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Kalidas Madhavpeddi has 40 years of international experience in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, government relations, marketing, mining engineering and capital. He is currently the President of Azteca Consulting LLC, an advisory firm to the metals and mining sector. From 2010 to 2018 he was CEO of China Molybdenum International, a privately held company and global producer of copper, gold, cobalt, phosphates, niobium and molybdenum. His extensive career in the mining industry includes over 25 years at Phelps Dodge Corporation ("Phelps Dodge"), a Fortune 500 company, starting as a Systems Engineer and ultimately becoming Senior Vice President for Phelps Dodge, and contemporaneously the President of Phelps Dodge Wire & Cable. Mr. Madhavpeddi currently serves as a director of Trilogy Metals Inc and Dundee Precious Metals Inc and is chairman of Glencore plc. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India; the University of Iowa and the Harvard Business School.

Job Titles:

• GENERAL COUNSEL
• Member of the Management Team
• VICE PRESIDENT

Mr. Ben Machlis is an experienced natural resources and environmental attorney. Prior to joining NOVAGOLD, he served as a partner at Dorsey & Whitney where he chaired its regulatory affairs practice group, which houses its natural resources, energy, environmental, cybersecurity, workplace safety, and telecom attorneys and represented mining, renewable development, and other industrial companies on permitting, project development, operational compliance, closure, and remediation issues. Prior to Dorsey & Whitney, Ben was with the law firm Holland & Hart and served as an environmental policy advisor at the Utah Governor's Office. He received his undergraduate and J.D. degrees from the University of Utah.

Job Titles:

• CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
• Member of the Management Team
• VICE PRESIDENT

Mr. David Ottewell is Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NOVAGOLD, responsible for all aspects of the Company's financial management. Mr. Ottewell is a highly accomplished financial executive, with over 35 years of mining industry experience. Prior to joining NOVAGOLD, he served as Vice President and Controller for Newmont Mining Corporation where he was employed since 2005, and prior to that, had a 16-year career with Echo Bay Mines Ltd., a prominent precious metals mining company with multiple operations in the Americas. Mr. Ottewell holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta and is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Bristol Bay Native Corporation

Mr. Ethan Schutt is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Bristol Bay Native Corporation and a Board Trustee of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation. Before joining Bristol Bay Native Corporation, Mr. Schutt served as CEO of Alaska Native Resource Development, LLC, an Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) company. Prior to his CEO position, Mr. Schutt served as ANTHC's Chief of Staff. ANTHC provides health services for Alaska Native people. Prior to joining ANTHC, Mr. Schutt first served as General Counsel, and later became the Senior Vice President of Land and Energy Development, for Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI). CIRI is an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) corporation dedicated to the economic and social well-being of its Alaska Native shareholders with resources generated from its lands and businesses. As CIRI's Senior Vice President of Land and Energy Development, he led a team of professionals that managed CIRI's ANCSA lands including the exploration and leasing of those lands for oil and gas, mineral and other natural resource development. He also directed CIRI's efforts in developing renewable and alternative energy projects. Mr. Schutt previously served as a member of the board of Doyon, Limited and served as General Counsel for Tanana Chiefs Conference. Mr. Schutt is an expert on ANCSA lands and resources and currently teaches a class on the topic at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Mr. Schutt holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in mathematics from Washington State University and a Juris Doctor degree from Stanford Law School.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Mr. Hume Kyle is a CPA, CA, CFA, with over 35 years of private sector and public accounting experience, including over 25 years working with mining, energy and other natural resources companies in senior management and board roles. Mr. Kyle recently retired from his role as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dundee Precious Metals Inc., a multi-national gold mining company, where he served from 2011 to 2022. Prior to that Mr. Kyle was Vice President, Treasurer and Controller of TransAlta Corporation, a multi-national power generation and wholesale marketing company, from 2009 to 2011, and Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Fort Chicago Energy Partners L.P., a pipeline, natural gas liquids processing, and power company, from 2003 to 2009. Mr. Kyle also held increasingly senior finance and accounting roles at Nexfor Inc., Noranda Inc., Deloitte & Touche, and Price Waterhouse & Co. Additionally, Mr. Kyle served on the boards of Stornoway Diamond Corporation (2014 to 2019), Alliance Pipeline (2004 to 2009), Aux Sable (2004 to 2009), and the Canadian Association of Income Funds (2005 to 2009), serving on several committees, including the Audit Committee, as Chair. Mr. Kyle holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Western Ontario, a Graduate Diploma in Public Accounting from McGill University, a CA designation from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, a CFA designation from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, and a ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Industry Leader

Mr. Kevin McArthur is an industry leader with over 40 years of experience encompassing many facets of the mining business, including operations, corporate development and executive management. He currently serves as a non-executive director of Royal Gold, Inc. and First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Mr. McArthur served as CEO of major precious metals mining companies, including Goldcorp Inc., Glamis Gold Ltd. and Tahoe Resources Inc., which was subsequently acquired by Pan American Silver Corporation. His earlier career focused on mine operations and project development with major international mining companies, including, BP Minerals and Homestake Mining Company. Mr. McArthur obtained a degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Nevada in 1979.

Job Titles:

• CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
• Member of the Management Team
• VICE PRESIDENT

Mr. Richard Williams is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NOVAGOLD, responsible for all aspects related to the engineering and technical advancement of the Company's flagship Donlin Gold Project in Alaska. Mr. Williams spent over 30 years with Barrick Gold developing and operating major mines. He is a highly knowledgeable and experienced leader in autoclave technology which is planned to be used to process ores at Donlin Gold. Most recently, he served as Project Director of the Pueblo Viejo project in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Williams seven year tenure at Pueblo Viejo capped a career where he progressively held top operating roles which included the design, construction and operation of mineral processing facilities of major mines such as Goldstrike in Nevada and Mercur in Utah. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas and is a member of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, along with a member of Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum (CIM).

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Team
• VICE PRESIDENT, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, SAFETY & SUSTAINABILITY

Mr. Ron Rimelman worked as a consultant to NOVAGOLD for 18 months prior to joining the Company in 2011. He is the Vice President, Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability. With over 35 years of environmental experience, Mr. Rimelman has managed environmental impact assessments and permitting activities for mines around the world, with a focus in Alaska and other northern climates. His most recent position was Vice President Environmental Services for Tetra Tech Inc., where he coordinated the natural resources group and took the lead on a range of projects, including preparing environmental impact statements for the Kensington and Red Dog Mines in Alaska. Mr. Rimelman also has extensive experience with mine permitting and water resource analysis, as well as financial and personnel management.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Director and Chair of NOVAGOLD 's Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee

Ms. Dawn Whittaker has more than 30 years of experience as a lawyer working in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and corporate governance. She currently serves as the Independent Board Chair of Triple Flag Precious Metals Corp. and previously served on the Boards of Sierra Metals Inc. (2022-2023), Detour Gold (2018-2020) and Kirkland Lake Gold (2012- 2016). Ms. Whittaker is currently Vice President of the Board of Directors of The Badminton and Racquet Club of Toronto and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario Division. Prior to her retirement in 2018, she was a senior partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, a global law firm, where she was the national leader of the firm's Mining and Commodities Team in Canada from 2012 to 2015 and a member of the firm's Canadian partnership Committee from 2014 to 2017. Ms. Whittaker also previously served on the Continuous Disclosure Advisory Committee of the Ontario Securities Commission. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Queen's University.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Management Team
• VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

Ms. Mélanie Hennessey is NOVAGOLD's Vice President, Corporate Communications, responsible for all aspects of the Company's internal and external communications functions and investor relations activities. Ms. Hennessey has extensive experience within the precious metals mining industry particularly in investor relations, corporate communications, crisis management as well as mergers and acquisitions. She is a public speaker advocating for stakeholder engagement, the advancement of individuals aspiring to executive-level positions and women in leadership roles. Prior to joining the Company, she served in a variety of executive and senior roles with such precious metals companies as Goldcorp Inc., New Gold Inc., and Hecla Mining Company. Ms. Hennessey holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Ottawa.

Job Titles:

• CORPORATE SECRETARY
• Member of the Management Team

Ms. Tricia Pannier joined NOVAGOLD in 2013 and has been the Company's Corporate Secretary since January 2017. She is also the Director of Human Resources and Corporate and Regulatory Compliance. Prior to that she served as Director of Unishippers' Legal and Human Resources Departments and has worked in various legal and human resources capacities at other Salt Lake City-based companies such as Summit Family Restaurants, Parsons Behle & Latimer and Bonneville Pacific over her 25-plus year career. Ms. Pannier earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Utah, and completed the Paralegal Certificate Program formerly offered by Westminster College. She holds the SPHR and SHRM-SCP designations.

Job Titles:

• Human Resources Manager, Donlin Gold LLC

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dr. Thomas Kaplan is NOVAGOLD's Chairman of the Board and is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Electrum Group, a privately held global natural resources investment management company that manages the portfolio of Electrum, the single largest shareholder of NOVAGOLD. Dr. Kaplan is an entrepreneur and investor with a track record of both creating and unlocking shareholder value in public and private companies. Dr. Kaplan served as Chairman of Leor Exploration & Production LLC, a natural gas exploration and development company founded by Dr. Kaplan in 2003. In 2007, Leor's natural gas assets were sold to EnCana Oil & Gas USA Inc., a subsidiary of Encana Corporation, for $2.55 billion. Dr. Kaplan holds Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral Degrees in History from Oxford University.