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Novagold Resources Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 11/30/23 – ‘EX-101.SCH’

On:  Wednesday, 1/24/24, at 5:05pm ET   ·   For:  11/30/23   ·   Accession #:  1171843-24-389   ·   File #:  1-31913

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 1/24/24  Novagold Resources Inc.           10-K       11/30/23   92:7.8M                                   Globenewswire Inc./FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     26K 
 3: EX-19.1     Report Furnished to Security Holders                HTML     68K 
 4: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     25K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     25K 
 6: EX-23.2     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     25K 
 7: EX-23.3     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     24K 
12: EX-97.1     Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     41K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 8: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 9: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
10: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
11: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
18: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     93K 
19: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    111K 
20: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     31K 
21: R4          Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive   HTML     91K 
                Loss                                                             
22: R5          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     98K 
23: R6          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Deficit)         HTML     86K 
24: R7          Note 1 - The Company                                HTML     28K 
25: R8          Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting          HTML     39K 
                Policies                                                         
26: R9          Note 3 - Segmented Information                      HTML     31K 
27: R10         Note 4 - Notes Receivable                           HTML     38K 
28: R11         Note 5 - Investment in Donlin Gold                  HTML     51K 
29: R12         Note 6 - Other Assets                               HTML     39K 
30: R13         Note 7 - Promissory Note                            HTML     39K 
31: R14         Note 8 - Leases                                     HTML     56K 
32: R15         Note 9 - Other Liabilities                          HTML     36K 
33: R16         Note 10 - Share Capital                             HTML     33K 
34: R17         Note 11 - Fair Value Accounting                     HTML     32K 
35: R18         Note 12 - General and Administrative                HTML     38K 
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38: R21         Note 15 - Income Taxes                              HTML    125K 
39: R22         Note 16 - Related Party Transactions                HTML     30K 
40: R23         Note 17 - Net Change in Operating Assets and        HTML     37K 
                Liabilities                                                      
41: R24         Note 18 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information        HTML     33K 
42: R25         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     34K 
43: R26         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     60K 
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47: R30         Note 7 - Promissory Note (Tables)                   HTML     33K 
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50: R33         Note 12 - General and Administrative (Tables)       HTML     38K 
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53: R36         Note 15 - Income Taxes (Tables)                     HTML    125K 
54: R37         Note 17 - Net Change in Operating Assets and        HTML     37K 
                Liabilities (Tables)                                             
55: R38         Note 18 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information        HTML     32K 
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57: R40         Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting          HTML     28K 
                Policies (Details Textual)                                       
58: R41         Note 4 - Notes Receivable (Details Textual)         HTML     55K 
59: R42         Note 4 - Notes Receivable - Notes Receivable        HTML     30K 
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60: R43         Note 5 - Investment in Donlin Gold (Details         HTML     37K 
                Textual)                                                         
61: R44         Note 5 - Investment in Donlin Gold - Summary of     HTML     62K 
                the Company's Investment in Donlin Gold LLC                      
                (Details)                                                        
62: R45         Note 6 - Other Assets - Carrying Amounts of Other   HTML     47K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
63: R46         Note 7 - Promissory Note (Details Textual)          HTML     43K 
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65: R48         Note 8 - Leases (Details Textual)                   HTML     27K 
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67: R50         Note 8 - Leases - Minimum Lease Payments (Details)  HTML     44K 
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                Liabilities (Details)                                            
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                Stock Options Outstanding (Details)                              
75: R58         Note 13 - Share-based Compensation - Other          HTML     42K 
                Information Related to Stock Options (Details)                   
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                Outstanding and PSU Activity (Details)                           
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                PSU-related Information (Details)                                
78: R61         Note 14 - Other Income (Expense), Net - Summary of  HTML     33K 
                Other Income (Expense) (Details)                                 
79: R62         Note 15 - Income Taxes (Details Textual)            HTML     35K 
80: R63         Note 15 - Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax   HTML     47K 
                Expense (Benefit) (Details)                                      
81: R64         Note 15 - Income Taxes - Loss Before Income Tax     HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R65         Note 15 - Income Taxes - Effective Income Tax Rate  HTML     65K 
                Reconciliation (Details)                                         
83: R66         Note 15 - Income Taxes - Components of the          HTML     59K 
                Company's Deferred Income Tax Assets (Liabilities)               
                (Details)                                                        
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                Carryforwards (Details)                                          
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                Textual)                                                         
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                Liabilities - Net Change in Operating Assets and                 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
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</xsd:schema>

6 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 1/26/22  Novagold Resources Inc.           10-K       11/30/21   94:79M                                    Globenewswire Inc./FA
 2/20/20  Newmont Corp./DE                  10-K       12/31/19  199:52M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA
10/03/18  Novagold Resources Inc.           8-K/A:1,2,7 7/25/18    2:506K                                   Globenewswire Inc./FA
 3/23/17  Novagold Resources Inc.           DEF 14A     5/05/17    1:2.4M                                   Globenewswire Inc./FA
 2/12/14  Novagold Resources Inc.           10-K       11/30/13  126:66M                                    Marketwired/FA
 6/19/13  Novagold Resources Inc.           6-K         6/19/13    5:829K                                   Marketwired/FA
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