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Sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility

NOVAGOLD strives to create a balanced development plan that enhances economic growth, provides a safe and healthy workplace, and preserves traditional lifestyles – while bringing tangible, long-lasting benefits to our community partners. We apply this approach not only with our stakeholders and shareholders, but also while conducting studies, and project engineering and final design. And we will continue to do so as we move toward construction, operations, and closure.

We implement our social responsibility programs and commitments in a number of important areas:

The health and welfare of our people (employees and stakeholders)

The well-being of the communities in our regions

Environmental stewardship of land, water, air, and biological resources

Our commitment to integrity in all aspects of our
corporate governance

Our People

We’re committed to providing an environment in which all of our people make it home safe each and every day; and empowering individuals and communities to work together to ensure a brighter future for everyone. That means a focus on health and safety, where we adopt and implement a high level of protection for our employees and contractors as well as invest in safety programs throughout the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) region; workforce development with educational activities and programs through the region’s communities; and providing employment opportunities through our commitment to local hiring and training programs.

Community Well-being

Establishing strong and collaborative working relationships with the communities where we operate is essential to earning and maintaining the social license to operate – a license that’s based on a solid foundation of respect for the values, the culture, and the language of the people in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (Y-K) region, including helping to maintain their subsistence way of life. It’s only possible through an atmosphere of openness, transparency, constructive dialogue, and mutual respect on the part of all stakeholders.

Environmental Stewardship

NOVAGOLD supports a project development plan that considers full life-of-mine risks and opportunities – from exploration through to development, operations, and finally closure and reclamation. The process begins with local communities and our Alaska Native partners, who offer generations of traditional knowledge about the local environment; we use this knowledge to help guide the location, layout, and design of the project infrastructure to avoid sensitive and culturally important habitats and landscapes while maximizing the project’s efficiencies.

Corporate Strategy & Governance

Frequent engagement with our shareholders is fundamental in continuing to improve our disclosure and good governance practices. We recognize the importance of consistent, proactive communication, and feel that their perspectives help deepen our understanding of our shareholders’ priorities. NOVAGOLD’s board of directors’ obligation is to oversee and govern the company responsibly, a key function in advising management on strategic direction and practices, employee well-being, and partnerships – and essential toward enhancing shareholder value.

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