| Year | Activity | Status | Operator | Project Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Exploration | Development Project | Donlin Gold LLC | The Donlin Gold project, 270 miles west of Anchorage, is the major development project in the state. NovaGold reported 2015 expenditures of $11 million toward its share of the joint venture, and anticipates expenditures exceeding $9 million in 2016. | |
| 2016 | Exploration | Development Project | Donlin Gold LLC | As part of its mine-development effort, in 2016 Donlin Gold applied to install a number of structures and facilities on State lands and also requested to restrict public easements. In its 2016 year-end financial report and project update, NOVAGOLD listed major milestones that include advancement of the permitting and technical work at the project. | |
| 2017 | Exploration | Development Project | Donlin Gold LLC | The total exploration and development budget for the Donlin Gold project for 2017 was $21.7 million. NovaGold and Barrick made significant progress on major State permits and approvals for permitting the Donlin Gold project in 2017. | |
| 2017 | Exploration | Development Project | Novagold, Barrick; Donlin Gold LLC | In June 2017, Donlin Gold, LLC approved an $8 million drill program budget. The program included 16 holes for a total of 23,097 feet, and reported highlights include: mineralized intercepts encountered higher grades than predicted by previous modeling; distinct, significant, high-grade zones were intercepted in multiple areas; and high-grade mineralization was intercepted at depth in the ACMA deposit in an area of sparse drilling. | |
| 2018 | Exploration | Development Project | Novagold, Barrick; Donlin Gold LLC | The total advanced-stage exploration and development budget for the Donlin Gold project for 2018 was $22 million. The total advanced-stage exploration and development budget for the Donlin Gold project for 2018 was $22 million. | |
| 2019 | Exploration | Exploration Project | Novagold, Barrick; Donlin Gold LLC | The project continued to move through the permitting process in 2019, at years-end securing permits and easements for the access road, fiber optic cable, and buried natural gas pipeline through Rainy Pass. In mid-2019, the partners commenced a multi-year, on-site geotechnical program to upgrade the engineering of the tailings facility to the detailed level of design required for the project?s dam safety permits. |
| Year | Total Rock Mined (short tons) | Waste Rock (short tons) | Ore Mined (short tons) | Ore Milled (short tons) | Heap Leach Ore (short tons) | Total Concentrate Produced (short tons) | Pb Ore Grade % | Pb Recovered (short tons) | Zn Ore Grade % | Zn Recovered (short tons) | Au Head/Ore Grade (OPT) | Au Recovered (troy ounces) | Au Recovery % | Ag Ore Grade (OPT) | Ag Recovered (million troy ounces) | Coal (short tons) | Other | Other Amount | Other Units |
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| Source | Year | Description | Property Phase | Category | Resource (short tons) | Cu % | Cu (thousand pounds) | Pb % | Pb (thousand pounds) | Zn % | Zn (thousand pounds) | Au (OPT) | Au (thousand oz) | Ag (OPT) | Ag (thousand oz) | Mo % | Mo (thousand pounds) | Co % | Co (thousand pounds) | Barite % | Barite (thousand pounds) | TREO % | TREO (thousand pounds) | Graphite % | Graphite (thousand pounds) | |
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| NovaGold Resources, Inc. Donlin Creek Gold Project, Alaska, USA, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Second Updated Feasibility Study; dated November 18, 2011, amended January 20, 2012 | 2012 | Development | Proven | 8468970.9 | 0.067744 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NovaGold Resources, Inc. Donlin Creek Gold Project, Alaska, USA, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Second Updated Feasibility Study; dated November 18, 2011, amended January 20, 2012 | 2012 | Development | Probable | 5.479841944E8 | 0.060736 | 33276.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NovaGold Resources, Inc. Donlin Creek Gold Project, Alaska, USA, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Second Updated Feasibility Study; dated November 18, 2011, amended January 20, 2012 | 2012 | Subtracted P&P from M&I tonnnes | Development | Measured | 52910.4 | 0.073584 | 53.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NovaGold Resources, Inc. Donlin Creek Gold Project, Alaska, USA, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Second Updated Feasibility Study; dated November 18, 2011, amended January 20, 2012 | 2012 | Development | Indicated | 4.02108017E7 | 0.065408 | 5104.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NovaGold Resources, Inc. Donlin Creek Gold Project, Alaska, USA, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Second Updated Feasibility Study; dated November 18, 2011, amended January 20, 2012 | 2012 | Development | Inferred | 1.016496968E8 | 0.058984 | 5993.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NovaGold Resources, Inc. Donlin Creek Gold Project, Alaska, USA, NI 43-101 Technical Report on Second Updated Feasibility Study; dated November 18, 2011, amended January 20, 2012 | 2012 | Total | 6.983665742E8 | 0.060836 | 45000.0 |
* Hofstra, A.H., and Kreiner, D.C., 2020, Systems-Deposits-Commodities-Critical Minerals Table for the Earth Mapping Resources Initiative: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020-1042, 24 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201042