Good day, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to the NOVAGOLD Resources’ Third Quarter 2016 Conference Call and Webcast. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instructions will be given at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call may be recorded. I would like to turn the conference to Melanie Hennessey, Vice President of Corporate Communications. You may begin.

Thank you, Good morning, everyone. We are pleased that you are with us today. For NOVAGOLD’s third quarter financial results and to also hear the latest on the permitting activities at Donlin Gold as well as an update on the Galore Creek project. On today’s call, we have Greg Lang, NOVAGOLD’s President and CEO; and David Ottewell, NOVAGOLD’s Vice President and CFO. At the end of the formal part of the presentation, we are taking questions both by phone and by e-mail. Before we get started, I would like to remind our listeners that some of our statements may contain forward-looking information such as projections and goals which are likely to involve risks detailed in our various EDGAR and SEDAR filings, and also in various forward-looking disclaimers included in this presentation. With that, I have the pleasure of introducing Greg Lang, NOVAGOLD’s President and CEO. Greg?

Thank you, Melanie, and good morning, everyone. NOVAGOLD is in great shape. We are streamlined company focused on our key objective of completing the permitting at Donlin Gold to advance the Alaska based project. With our partner Barrick, we are moving up the value chain, further enhancing what we believe will be the most valuable gold development project in the industry. We have not wavered from this key objective when we started the process in 2012, when we raised the capital needed to take us through permitting and beyond. Additionally, we are fortunate to have an incredible polymetallic asset in British Columbia. Galore Creek with our partner Teck could be a core asset to any company. After more than two decades of exploration and development activities as shown on slide 5, there is a still a lot of work ahead prior to making a construction decision. But we can all see that it is just a matter of time before we can expect to have secured the necessary permits for Donlin Gold. This is a major achievement and an important step of project derisking as we work to unlock Donlin Gold's ability to become a significant cash flow generator for many decades to come. For us, permitting a venture that is slated to potentially be a largest pure-gold producing mine in the world - in the safest jurisdiction -is a very big deal. It is important to look back and see the tremendous progress that has been achieved to date. The Corps has now completed the public scoping process, worked with cooperating agencies to identify and select a reasonable range of alternatives to be studied, they have prepared a complete preliminary draft EIS that was reviewed by eleven cooperating agencies, published a draft EIS for public review, and completed a…

Thank you, Greg. Turning to Slide 8, our share of Donlin Gold and Galore Creek funding was on track at $2.7 million for the quarter and $7.9 million year-to-date. For the full year, we continue to expect to spend approximately $10 million to fund Donlin Gold and Galore Creek. Slide 9 highlights our third quarter operating performance. Our share of expenses at the Donlin gold project were lower as planned as activities focused on the EIS and permitting. At Galore Creek, the prior year benefited from the sale of surplus equipment. The third quarter operating loss was $6.4 million, similar to the prior year quarter. Also for the third quarter, net loss increased by $1.1 million, primarily due to a foreign exchange gain realized in the prior year third quarter. NOVAGOLD's cash flow highlights are outlined on Slide 10. Cash decreased by $3.2 million during the third quarter of 2016, the $2.4 million used in operating activities for administrative costs, $2.7 million to fund our share of Donlin Gold and Galore Creek projects partially offset by working capital changes of $1.9 million including the receipt of tax credits related to past exploration work performed at Galore Creek. We ended the quarter with cash and term deposit totaling $108.5 million after year-to-date spending of $18.2 million. For the full year, we expect to spend approximately $23 million; $2 million lower than our original forecast. Our spending outlook for the year includes approximately $10 million to fund our share of expenditure at Donlin Gold and Galore Creek projects, $11 million for general and administrative cost and $2 million for working capital and other. Greg, back to you.

Thank you, Dave. Turning to Slide 11, I'll briefly recap the attributes that makes the Donlin Gold project unique. We've got reserve and resources of almost 40 million ounces of gold and addition of 6 million ounces inferred material. Turning to Slide 12, when you compare Donlin to the other development stage projects throughout the industry, it is far and away the largest. When you look at the production profile of these emerging producers, Donlin Gold is better than twice the closest competitor. It will produce 1.5 million ounces a year at first five years followed by a life mine average of 1 million ounces a year. On Slide 13, what really drives the high production and competitive cost at Donlin is the grade. Now the grade is 2.25 gram is twice the world average gold grade and where the industry was many years ago. On Slide 14, just a snapshot down the mineralized belt to Donlin, our 40 million ounces are contained in less than half of an eight kilometer gold bearing system. Slide 15 illustrates the tremendous leverage that the project and NOVAGOLD has to higher gold prices. On Slide 16, as we work together to accomplish our goals, relationships with our partner has never been better. We've been investing the resources needed to provide strategic and day-to-day support to Donlin Gold and ensure the timely and efficient completion of permitting. Partners continued to strengthen their relationships with stakeholders at the local, regional, state, and federal levels. We share alignment at all levels in both companies from the senior management to the teams in the field. As Donlin Gold EIS and permitting process is progressed, the owners are studying ways to further enhance project’s value and minimize initial capital outlays. We are looking at modular construction techniques, more…

[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of John Bridges of NOVAGOLD. Your line is now open.

I've been promoted to NOVAGOLD. Wow. Good morning. I just wondered. The record decision you're expecting next year, can you sort of fine-tune that into first half, second half, a particular quarter, or what sort of timing do you expect?

John, the corps of engineers is updating the work plan to get to the final EIS. Could be 10 months, could be 16 somewhere in that range. At this stage, we are not overly concerned about a month or two either way but will certainly update everyone when the corps publishes their final schedule.

Okay. So are you thinking first half now or second half?

If I would be cautious John, I'd say second half but we'll keep everybody up to date.

Okay. And given that and given that you are looking at a sort of stage one project; I just wondered how much work you can do on that while you are waiting for the permits. Can you basically have something that you can work with straight out of the gate once you have permits in hand, or are there any sort of -- any things that are going to hold you back?

John, right now we are working with our partner on developing the plan of action for next year. That will really drive the schedule to a construction decision, and I'd expect we will provide some detail on that with our year-end news release.

Okay, so I'm too early for you?

Just a little bit John.

[Operator Instructions] I am showing no questions at this time.

Well, everyone, thank you for joining our call this morning. We look forward to updating you in a couple of months' time. Thank you.

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