Appreciate all postsAs for long term risks, I'm not worried. The project is being managed by the NovaGold team. That's all I need to know. Take a look at the Novagold website under the Ambler project:
"Rio Tinto has joined with NovaGold to develop this project specifically because of NovaGold’s success working with local communities, Native Corporations and State and Federal government agencies."
NG is well connected and has the skill to resolve the outstanding issues. No guarantees on the time line thought. These things can't be rushed.
P.S. Weather you have 100 or 100,000 shares, all posts appreciated here.