{"url_path":"/sec/ng/10-q/2026/item-1","section_key":"item-1","section_title":"Item 1 **","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-Q","doc_date":"2026-06-24","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173420/0001171843-26-004279-index.html","accession_number":"0001171843-26-004279","cik":"0001173420","ticker":"NG","issuer_name":"NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1173420/0001171843-26-004279-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001173420","primary_entity_name":"NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC"},"word_count":93,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 1.**\n\n**Legal Proceedings**\n\n \n\nFrom time to time, the Company may be a party to litigation or legal proceedings that are considered ordinary routine litigation incidental to our business or not material. Notwithstanding the foregoing, please refer to the sections titled *Litigation* in *Item 7*–*Management*’*s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations* in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and *Upholding current permits and working to secure key state approvals* in *Item 2*–*Management*’*s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations* in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q."}