NOVAGOLD & Paulson Announce the Appointment of Endeavour Financial and Macquarie Capital as Financial Advisors to the Donlin Gold Project

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. (“NOVAGOLD” or the “Company”) (NYSE American, TSX: NG) and Donlin Gold Holdings LLC (DGH), 100% wholly-owned by Paulson Advisers LLC and its affiliates (“Paulson”), are pleased to announce the appointment of Endeavour Financial (“Endeavour”), and Macquarie Capital (“Macquarie”) (collectively, the “Financial Advisors”) to provide financial advisory services for the development of the Donlin Gold project in Alaska and to support the arrangement of project and infrastructure financing.