North of 60 Mining News - The mining newspaper for Alaska and Canada's North

NovaGold Resource Inc. has made tectonic shifts in its leadership and corporate structure. Shedding all of its assets except for the Donlin Gold project in Southwest Alaska, the restructured company is singularly focused on bringing this 40-million-ounce gold deposit into production by the end of the decade.

Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse - who founded NovaGold and guided the exploration company through 15...