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How experienced are your key executives?
NOVAGOLD’s management team is among the most experienced and credentialed in the industry. From permitting and reinforcing our environmental and social license all the way through to development, mine building, and operations, there is no aspect of the value chain that this team has not navigated successfully.
Greg Lang, the company’s president and CEO, has been fortunate to work with some of the most experienced individuals in the gold industry and on some of its greatest assets. Greg came to NOVAGOLD after a 30-year career with Barrick and the companies it had acquired: Homestake Mining and International Corona. Prior to joining NOVAGOLD, Greg served as president
of Barrick’s North American operations for eight years. He was responsible for all of Barrick’s premier assets and projects in the region, including agship mines such as Cortez and Goldstrike
in Nevada.
Greg leads a team of experienced industry veterans with
an equally ne pedigree. David Deisley joined NOVAGOLD
from Goldcorp where he served as general counsel. David Ottewell came from Newmont, where he served in a variety of executive nancial positions. VP Corporate Communications Mélanie Hennessey came aboard from Hecla and, prior to that, Goldcorp. Ron Rimelman, VP Environment, Health and Safety and Sustainability, joined NOVAGOLD from Tetra Tech. And Richard Williams, VP Engineering and Development, came from Barrick right after successfully bringing the mammoth Pueblo Viejo project into production.
Each of these individuals left senior positions at major companies to play key roles in the advancement of NOVAGOLD. From the chairman to our eld sta , we’ve all come to the same conclusion: we see a truly unique and attractive gold asset in an era de ned by quality asset scarcity. And so too, we suspect, will the investment community.
Chairman of the Board 27
President & CEO 37
Executive Vice President 27 & General Counsel
Vice President & Chief 27 Financial Officer
Vice President, Corporate 22 Communications
Vice President, Environment, 31 Health, Safety & Sustainability
Vice President, Engineering 32 & Development
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Extensive experience in building and operating large-scale gold assets.
203 YEARS