 ANCHORAGE, Alaska, June 28, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Donlin Gold LLC Donlin Gold, owned 5050 by Barrick Gold Corporation Barrick TSX: ABX NYSE: GOLD and NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC. NOVAGOLD TSX, NYSE American: NG, today provided an update relating to the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification the 401 Certification of their Donlin Gold project. An appeal has been filed against the decision by the Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation ADEC in May 2021 to uphold the 401 Certification. It is being appealed in Alaskas Superior Court by Earthjustice, a San Francisco-based activist law firm on behalf of the Orutsararmiut Native Council ONC, the Tribal Council for Bethel, a village in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region. 