Novagold sues short-seller JCAP

NYSE American- and TSX-listed Novagold Resources on Tuesday announced that it had served short-seller J Capital Research USA (JCAP) with a civil action lawsuit for defamation in the US.

Novagold charges that JCAP’s May 28 report on the company contained false and misleading statements as part of what it describes as a “short and distort attack”.