Vista Gold Corp. (NYSE American and TSX: VGZ) (“Vista” or the
“Company”) today announced its unaudited financial results for the
quarter ended September 30, 2024, with cash totaling $19.0 million
at quarter-end. All dollar amounts in this press release are in
U.S. dollars.
Frederick H. Earnest, President and CEO of Vista, said, “During
the third quarter, we continued to successfully execute our
corporate strategy and demonstrated significant progress toward
achieving our 2024 goals and objectives. We announced positive
results from our ongoing drilling program, advanced technical
studies to support our evaluation of an alternative scale
development option at Mt Todd, continued to prioritize low overall
spending, and ended the quarter with $19.0 million of cash.
“We believe fundamentals for gold are strong, and we are
positioning Mt Todd as a leading development opportunity in the
current environment of a plus $2,600 gold price, diminishing major
deposit discoveries, and depleting gold reserves. We will continue
to prioritize the efficient use of our cash while we seek
opportunities to create long-term value for our shareholders and
execute our health, safety, and environmental initiatives.”
The Company is nearing completion of the planned 6,000 – 7,000
meter drilling program. Phase 1 and interim Phase 2 results were
announced in August and September, respectively. To date, the
drilling program has successfully confirmed the extension of the
core zone and the mineralized boundaries in the northern section of
the Batman deposit and identified multiple high-grade intercepts in
the South Cross Lode zone, a narrower mineralized structure
adjacent to the Batman deposit that extends up to 400 meters to the
northeast. The drilling program is expected to be completed by year
end.
Vista is finalizing trade-off studies and preliminary
evaluations for Mt Todd and anticipates moving forward with a
feasibility study targeting throughput in the range of 12,000 –
17,000 tonnes per day (“ktpd”) (4 – 6 million tonnes per annum),
with 150,000 to 200,000 ounces of annual gold production, an
initial capital cost of less than $400 million, and a mineral
reserve grade of approximately 1 gram gold per tonne. By using
contract mining, third-party power generation, and construction
practices commonly used in Australia, Vista believes there is
opportunity to maintain high capital efficiency at this project
scale. The feasibility study will leverage prior technical studies
and the work completed for the 50 ktpd feasibility study, preserve
the potential for future expansion, and demonstrate the opportunity
for Mt Todd to deliver substantial economic returns in a range of
development scenarios. A decision to commence the feasibility study
is expected prior to the end of the year.
On October 17, 2024, the Company filed a $50 million Shelf
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (“Shelf Registration”) with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Shelf Registration
will replace the previous $100 million Form S-3 filed on November
19, 2021 that will expire on December 3, 2024. The Company is under
no obligation to use the Shelf Registration and has filed the Shelf
Registration in the normal course of business, consistent with the
Company’s practice of maintaining a current Shelf Registration.
Summary of Financial Results
Vista reported a consolidated net loss of $1.6 million, or $0.01
per basic common share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2024,
compared to a consolidated net loss of $1.5 million, or $0.01 per
basic common share for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled $19.0 million at September 30,
2024, compared to $6.1 million at December 31, 2023. The Company
continued to have no debt.
Management Conference Call
Management’s conference call to review financial results for the
quarter ended September 30, 2024, and to discuss corporate and
project activities is scheduled for October 24, 2024, at 10:00 a.m.
MDT (12:00 p.m. EDT).
Participant Toll Free: +1 (800) 717-1738
Participant International: +1 (289) 514-5100
Conference ID: 59918
This call will be archived and available at www.vistagold.com
after October 24, 2024. An audio replay will also be available
through November 7, 2024, by calling toll-free in North America +1
(888) 660-6264 or +1 (289) 819-1325 using passcode 59918#.
If you are unable to access the audio or phone-in on the day of
the conference call, please email your questions to
ir@vistagold.com.
About Vista Gold Corp.
Vista holds the Mt Todd gold project, a shovel-ready
development-stage gold deposit located in the Tier-1 mining
jurisdiction of Northern Territory, Australia. Vista is positioning
Mt Todd as a leading development opportunity within the gold
sector. Mt Todd offers significant scale, development optionality,
growth opportunities, advanced local infrastructure, community
support, and demonstrated economic feasibility. All major
environmental and operating permits necessary to initiate
development of Mt Todd are in place.
Vista’s strategy is to advance Mt Todd in ways that efficiently
position the project for development while exercising the
discipline necessary to best realize value at the right time. Vista
believes its strategy of advancing Mt Todd in this manner will
deliver a more fully valued project to its shareholders.
For further information about Vista or Mt Todd, please contact
Pamela Solly, Vice President of Investor Relations, at (720)
981-1185 or visit the Company’s website at www.vistagold.com.
For further information about Vista’s recent drilling program
results, see the Company’s news release dated September 24, 2024
available on the Company’s website and at www.sedarplus.ca.
Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and U.S.
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and forward-looking
information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. All
statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in
this news release that address activities, events or developments
that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future,
including such things as our belief that during the third quarter,
we continued to successfully execute our corporate strategy and
demonstrated significant progress toward achieving our 2024 goals
and objectives; our belief that drill results from our ongoing
drill program are positive; our expectation that our technical
studies will support our evaluation of an alternative scale
development option at Mt Todd; that we will continue to prioritize
low overall spending; our belief that fundamentals for gold are
strong and that we are positioning Mt Todd as a leading development
opportunity in the current environment of a plus $2,600 gold price,
diminishing major deposit discoveries, and depleting gold reserves;
that we will continue to prioritize the efficient use of our cash,
while we seek opportunities to create long-term value for our
shareholders and execute our health, safety, and environmental
initiatives; our belief that all major environmental and operating
permits necessary to initiate development of Mt Todd are in place;
our belief that we are nearing completion of the planned 6,000 –
7,000 meter drilling program; our belief that to date, the drilling
program has successfully confirmed the extension of the core zone
and the mineralized boundaries in the northern section of the
Batman deposit and identified multiple high-grade intercepts in the
South Cross Lode zone; the expectation that the drilling program
will be completed by year end; Vista anticipates moving forward
with a feasibility study targeting throughput in the range of
12,000 – 17,000 tpd (4 – 6 million tonnes per annum), with 150,000
to 200,000 ounces of annual gold production, an initial capital
cost of less than $400 million, and a mineral reserve grade of
approximately 1 gram gold per tonne; our belief that by using
contract mining, third-party power generation, and construction
practices commonly used in Australia, there is opportunity to
maintain high capital efficiency at this project scale; our
expectation that the feasibility study will leverage prior
technical studies and the work completed for the 50 ktpd
feasibility study, preserve the potential for future expansion, and
demonstrate the opportunity for Mt Todd to deliver substantial
economic returns in a range of development scenarios; our believe
that a decision to commence a feasibility study is expected prior
to the end of the year; statements related to the Shelf
Registration Statement on Form-3, including that the Shelf
Registration Statement will replace the previous $100 million S-3
filed on November 19, 2021 that will expire on December 3, 2024;
that the Company is under no obligation to use the Shelf
Registration and has filed the Shelf Registration in the normal
course of business, consistent with the Company’s practice of
maintaining a current Shelf Registration; our belief that Mt Todd
is a shovel-ready development-stage gold deposit and that the
Northern Territory, Australia is a Tier-1 jurisdiction; our belief
that Mt Todd offers significant scale, development optionality,
growth opportunities, advanced local infrastructure, community
support, and demonstrated economic feasibility; statements related
to Vista’s strategy, including Vista’s strategy is to advance Mt
Todd in ways that efficiently position the project for development
while exercising the discipline necessary to best realize value at
the right time and Vista’s belief that its strategy of advancing Mt
Todd in this matter will deliver a more fully valued project to its
shareholders are forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information. The material factors and assumptions used to develop
the forward-looking statements and forward-looking information
contained in this news release include the following: our forecasts
and expected cash flows; our projected capital and operating costs;
our expectations regarding mining and metallurgical recoveries;
mine life and production rates; that laws or regulations impacting
mine development or mining activities will remain consistent; our
approved business plans, our mineral resource and reserve estimates
and results of preliminary economic assessments; preliminary
feasibility studies and feasibility studies on our projects, if
any; our experience with regulators; political and social support
of the mining industry in Australia; our experience and knowledge
of the Australian mining industry and our expectations of economic
conditions and the price of gold. When used in this news release,
the words “optimistic,” “potential,” “indicate,” “expect,”
“intend,” “hopes,” “believe,” “may,” “will,” “if,” “anticipate” and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information. These statements
involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
the Company to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
statements. Such factors include, among others, uncertainty of
resource and reserve estimates, uncertainty as to the Company’s
future operating costs and ability to raise capital; risks relating
to cost increases for capital and operating costs; risks of
shortages and fluctuating costs of equipment or supplies; risks
relating to fluctuations in the price of gold; the inherently
hazardous nature of mining-related activities; potential effects on
our operations of environmental regulations in the countries in
which it operates; risks due to legal proceedings; risks relating
to political and economic instability in certain countries in which
it operates; uncertainty as to the results of bulk metallurgical
test work; and uncertainty as to completion of critical milestones
for Mt Todd; as well as those factors discussed under the headings
“Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in
the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed in March
2024, and other documents filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those described in
forward-looking statements and forward-looking information, there
may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated,
estimated or intended. Except as required by law, we assume no
obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements or
forward-looking information whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.
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Pamela Solly, Vice President of Investor Relations (720)
981-1185 www.vistagold.com.
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