<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001214659-16-010324.txt : 20160315
<SEC-HEADER>0001214659-16-010324.hdr.sgml : 20160315
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160315163852
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001214659-16-010324
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150917
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160315
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160315

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001173420
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			A5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		789 WEST PENDER STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 720
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 1H2
		BUSINESS PHONE:		604-669-6227

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		789 WEST PENDER STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 720
		CITY:			VANCOUVER
		STATE:			A1
		ZIP:			V6C 1H2

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Leathley Gillyeard J.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001592659

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31913
		FILM NUMBER:		161507396

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC.
		STREET 2:		201 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUITE 400
		CITY:			SALT LAKE CITY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84111
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Expressed in Canadian Dollars.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $4.76 to $4.79, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC, any security holder of NOVAGOLD RESOURCES INC., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Tricia Pannier as attorney-in-fact for Gillyeard J. Leathley</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-03-15</signatureDate>
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