Key facts
| Company | Viva Gold Corp. (TSXV: VAU) |
|---|---|
| Commodity | Gold |
| Location | USA |
| Stage | Early exploration |
About Tonopah Gold Project
Tonopah is accessed by State Highway 376, and Nye County Belmont Road. Both commercial water and grid power are available in close proximity to the site. Water may be purchased commercially from Tonopah Public Utility, whose pipeline crosses the Company’s mining claims, or water rights can be leased or acquired. The Ralston Valley is one of the only remaining under-allocated hydrographic basins remaining in the State of Nevada so additional water rights are a matter of application and demonstration of beneficial use. A 15 KV Nevada Energy powerline, which can be upgraded to 25KV, also crosses the property. Tonopah is located within four hours’ drive of either Las Vegas or Reno in Nevada and is in close proximity to Round Mountain, Nevada, where equipment supplies depots, machine shops and skilled labor can be found.
News releases36 on file
Viva Gold Advances Tonopah Gold Project Toward Mine Permitting and Mobilizes Core Rig to Midway Hills Discovery, Nevada
Work is underway on two tracks at the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, funded by an oversubscribed C$6.5 million private placement closed in September. The Pre-Feasibility Study remains on track for Q4 2026, with mine design substantially complete, a NV Energy power supply study, archaeological survey, and additional hydrologic test and monitoring wells supporting permitting expected to
CorporateViva Gold Announces Upsize of Private Placement to CDN$6.5 Million
A previously announced non-brokered private placement has been increased from up to CDN$3,000,000 to up to CDN$6,500,000, consisting of up to 40,625,000 units at CDN$0.16 per unit, each unit comprising one common share and one-half warrant exercisable at CDN$0.24 for 36 months. Dundee Corporation, holder of approximately 19.95% of shares, intends to participate pro rata. Proceeds will fund an expa
FinancingViva Gold Announces CDN$3.0 Million Private Placement to Fund Drilling of the New Midway Hills Gold Discovery and to Advance Permitting at Tonopah
A non-brokered private placement of up to 18,750,000 units at CDN$0.16 per unit for gross proceeds of up to CDN$3,000,000 is planned, each unit comprising one common share and one-half warrant exercisable at CDN$0.24 for 36 months. Proceeds will fund follow-up drilling at the Midway Hills gold discovery and advance the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada toward permitting, including engineer
FinancingViva Gold to Host Interactive Webinar with Perennial Mine Builder, President & CEO Jim Hesketh
A live webinar led by President and CEO James Hesketh will be held Tuesday, August 25 at 11 a.m. EDT/8 a.m. PDT, covering Prefeasibility Study progress and timing, federal and state permitting for the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, and a technical review of the Midway Hills discovery, followed by a Q&A. Registration is via Zoom, with a replay to be posted on the company's website.
CorporateViva Gold Accelerates Permitting Program at Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
A second environmental baseline study review meeting with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management was held on August 6, 2026 for the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, and Viva Gold advised the BLM it intends to begin the formal NEPA Mining Plan of Operations review in 2027. The pre-feasibility study remains on track for completion in the fourth quarter of 2026. Viva will install four additiona
CorporateViva Gold to Present at the Precious Metals & Critical Minerals Virtual Investor Conference on July 22nd
Viva Gold Corp. will present live at the Precious Metals & Critical Minerals Virtual Investor Conference hosted by VirtualInvestorConferences.com on July 22, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. EDT, with an archived webcast available afterward. Management is available for one-on-one meetings from July 22 to 28. The company's 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada was the subject of a 2025 preliminary economic a
CorporateViva Gold Completes Highly Successful 2026 RC Drill Program at Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, Expanding Gold Mineralization and Delivering a New Discovery
Final assays have been received from a 19-hole, 3,210 m reverse circulation program at the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project on Nevada's Walker Lane. At the Midway Hills prospect, hole TG2617 returned 56.5 m at 1.13 g/t Au and 11.3 g/t Ag from 157 m, including 35.1 m at 1.62 g/t Au and 16.7 g/t Ag and 1.5 m at 18.4 g/t Au, ending in mineralization at 238 m. Results feed an updated resource model for
Drill resultsViva Gold Makes Major New High-Grade Gold Discovery at Midway Hills at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
Drillhole TG2616 at the Midway Hills prospect, about 1,400 metres northwest of the main resource pit at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, returned 38.1 m of 0.89 g/t gold and 6.78 g/t silver from 179.8 m depth, including 6.1 m of 3.56 g/t gold and 22.48 g/t silver. The intercept lies entirely within Ordovician Palmetto Argillite, roughly 27 m below the volcanic contact and beneath prior drilling
Drill resultsViva Gold Continues to Expand Gold Mineralization at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
Additional 2026 RC drill results from the Tonopah Gold Project on Nevada's Walker Lane include TG2615 with 56.4 m at 0.35 g/t Au in two zones from 32 metres depth, TG2614 with 19.8 m at 1.01 g/t Au in four zones from 51.8 metres, and TG2612 with 7.6 m at 0.34 g/t Au from 56.4 metres. Nineteen holes totalling 3,210 metres have been completed, with assays received for TG2601 to TG2615 and four pendi
Drill resultsViva Gold Drills One of its Strongest Holes to Date at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
Drilling at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada returned 88.4 m at 0.98 g/t Au in two zones in hole TG2610, including 59.4 m at 1.08 g/t Au (with 6.1 m at 4.23 g/t Au and 4.6 m at 2.26 g/t Au) and a second zone of 29 m at 0.76 g/t Au including 1.5 m at 8.67 g/t Au, all between 123.4 and 217.9 m depth. TG2609 returned 15.2 m at 0.44 g/t Au in two zones. The 2026 RC program comprised 19 holes totalin
Drill resultsViva Gold to Present at the Precious Metals & Critical Minerals Hybrid Investor Conference on May 21, 2026
President & CEO Jim Hesketh will present live at the Precious Metals & Critical Minerals Hybrid Investor Conference hosted by VirtualInvestorConferences.com on May 21, 2026 at 9:30 AM ET, with one-on-one meetings available in person and virtually that day and an archived webcast to follow. The company also stated it will issue a pre-feasibility study later this year as it moves the Tonopah Gold Pr
CorporateViva Gold Reports Additional Shallow, High-Grade Hits at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
Additional assay results from the 2026 RC drill program at the Tonopah Gold Project on Nevada's Walker Lane include hole TG2606 with 51.8 metres at 2.34 g/t gold, including 32 m at 3.14 g/t, 9.1 m at 9.3 g/t and 1.5 m at 26.3 g/t, between 21.3 and 163.1 metres depth. TG2608 returned 65.5 m at 0.48 g/t, TG2607 16.8 m at 0.37 g/t and TG2605 19.8 m at 0.36 g/t. Nineteen holes totalling 3,210 metres h
Drill resultsViva Gold Intersects a New High-Grade Gold Zone at Shallow Depths at its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
Initial 2026 RC drill results from the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada include 22.9 m at 1.3 g/t gold from 64 m depth in TG2601, including 4.6 m at 4.6 g/t; 15.2 m at 1.2 g/t from 88.3 m in TG2603, including 3.0 m at 2.6 g/t; and partial results of 12.2 m at 1.6 g/t from 29 m in TG2608. Fifteen holes totaling 2,407 m are complete, defining two new near-surface higher-grade zones. The pre-feasibilit
Drill resultsViva Gold Commences Drilling at its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
A reverse circulation drill program has begun at the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project near Tonopah, Nevada, with approximately 2,500 meters planned. The drilling is aimed at converting inferred gold mineralization to measured and indicated status and infilling remaining gaps and near-pit resource extension potential defined in the June 2025 Preliminary Economic Assessment. Additional holes will tes
Drill resultsViva Gold Commences Technical Study at its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
A Technical Study has commenced at the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project near Tonopah, Nevada, to be completed to a Pre-Feasibility level, with certain components anticipated to meet Feasibility-level standards, and completion expected over the next eight to nine months. Kappes Cassiday & Associates of Reno is lead author, covering metallurgy, flow sheet, plants, dry stack, heap leach, infrastructur
Study resultsViva Gold Increases Land Position at its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
36 additional unpatented mineral lode claims covering approximately 720 acres (291 hectares) have been staked immediately northwest of Tonopah, adjacent to Viva Gold's 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada. The company has begun a field program including 14,000 metres of CSAMT geophysical survey and has received U.S. Bureau of Land Management approval for 23 new drill sites in and around the P
CorporateViva Gold Initiates Work Programs and Resource Expansion Initiatives
Work programs have begun to advance the 100%-owned Tonopah gold project in Nevada toward pre-feasibility/feasibility study and development permitting. A work plan (WP#44) for up to 23 drill locations has been submitted to the US Bureau of Land Management, with drilling expected to commence in February, targeting infill of inferred mineralization above 1.0 gpt within the 2025 PEA pit shell and the
CorporateViva Gold Closes Oversubscribed Private Placement
A non-brokered private placement closed December 29, 2025, with 26,145,456 units issued at CDN$0.16 per unit for gross proceeds of CDN$4,183,273; each unit includes one share and one-half warrant exercisable at CDN$0.24 until December 29, 2028. Insiders acquired 6,490,956 units, and finder's fees of CDN$84,154 plus 525,962 warrants are payable. Proceeds are allocated to pre-feasibility/feasibility
FinancingVIVA GOLD INCREASES THE SIZE OF THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED PRIVATE PLACEMENT OFFERING
A previously announced non-brokered private placement has been upsized from up to 18,750,000 units to up to 25,000,000 units at C$0.16 per unit, for gross proceeds of up to C$4,000,000. Each unit comprises one common share and one-half warrant exercisable at C$0.24 for 36 months. Proceeds will fund technical and environmental studies supporting feasibility-level work and permitting at the Tonopah
FinancingVIVA GOLD ANNOUNCES PRIVATE PLACEMENT OFFERING DEC 2025
A non-brokered private placement of up to 18,750,000 units at CDN$0.16 per unit for gross proceeds of up to CDN$3,000,000 is planned, with each unit comprising one common share and one-half warrant exercisable at CDN$0.24 for 36 months. Proceeds will fund Pre-Feasibility/Feasibility study work at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, including technical and environmental studies, geophysical survey
FinancingViva Gold CEO to Present at John Tmazos Very Independent Research, LLC
President and CEO Jim Hesketh will present in a live webcast at the John Tumazos Very Independent Research, LLC virtual conference on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 9:45 am EST. The presentation will cover Viva Gold's strategy as the company begins feasibility study work and the Nevada permitting process for its 100%-owned Tonopah gold project. Registration for the live presentation is available
CorporateViva Gold to Present at the Precious Metals Summit in Zurich
Viva Gold Corp. will present at the 2025 Precious Metals Summit Zurich on November 10-11, 2025, an invitation-only event featuring management teams of over 100 selected issuers and meetings with accredited European investors. The company's 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project is in Nevada on the Walker Lane Trend, south of Kinross Gold's Round Mountain mine. Viva currently has approximately 145.5 milli
CorporateViva Gold Announces Stock Option Grant
A total of 3,250,000 stock options have been granted to directors, officers and consultants under Viva Gold's stock option plan, with an exercise price of C$0.12 per share and expiry three years after the grant date. Half of the options vest immediately, with 25% of the total grant vesting at each of the one-year and two-year anniversaries. The company has approximately 145.3 million shares outsta
CorporateViva Gold Announces Filing of PEA for its Tonopah Gold Project, Nevada
A NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Tonopah gold project in Nevada, dated August 20, 2025 and prepared by WSP Canada and Kappes, Cassiday Associates, has been filed on SEDAR; results were first announced July 7, 2025. The study outlines a 45,000 tpd open pit over a seven-year mine life feeding a 10,000 tpd crushing plant, producing 404,000 payable ounces of gold and 354,000 ounces
Study resultsViva Gold to Present at the Metals & Mining Virtual Investor Conference July 23, 2025
President and CEO Jim Hesketh will present live at the Metals & Mining Virtual Investor Conference hosted by VirtualInvestorConferences.com on July 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT, with one-on-one meetings available July 23 to July 29 and an archived webcast afterward. Viva Gold holds 100% of the Tonopah Gold Project on the Walker Lane Trend in Nevada and recently released an updated resource and economi
CorporateViva Gold Announces PEA Study Results for its Tonopah Gold Project, Nevada
A PEA on the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada returns an after-tax NPV5% of $111.6 million and 17.6% IRR at $2,400/oz gold, rising to $363.6 million and 43.4% at $3,200/oz, with pre-production capital of $219.9 million and a 3.6-year payback. The plan produces 404,000 payable ounces of gold and 354,000 ounces of silver over seven years at AISC of $1,269/oz. The updated resource totals 504
Study resultsViva Gold Corp to Attend 121 Mining Investment Conference in New York
Participation in the 121 Mining Investment Conference in New York on June 9-10 was confirmed, with CEO James Hesketh presenting on the company's recent and planned activities. The event hosts over 110 mining companies and more than 650 investors for pre-arranged 1-2-1 meetings. Viva Gold plans to update the resource model and initiate a feasibility study at its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada in 20
CorporateViva Gold Reports Strong Initial Assay Results for its Fall 2024 Drill Program at Tonopah Gold Project, Nevada
Initial assays from the first five holes of the fall 2024 reverse circulation program at the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada include TG2415, with 44.2 metres averaging 0.63 g/t gold across four zones, including 1.5 metres at 12.7 g/t, 4.6 metres at 2.6 g/t and 3.0 metres at 4.2 g/t; TG2414 returned cumulative thickness over 41 metres at 0.6 g/t gold, and TG2412 cut 10.7 metres at 1.0 g/t
Drill resultsViva Gold Commences Work at Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
A reverse circulation drill rig has been mobilized to the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, with drilling expected to begin in the coming days and approximately 15 to 20 drillholes planned before year end. The US Bureau of Land Management has approved 25 new drill pad locations, about 21 targeting infill and step-out drilling within the 2022 PEA mineral resource area and four on exploration targets.
CorporateViva Gold to Present at the Battery and Precious Metals Virtual Investor Conference October 1st
CEO Jim Hesketh will present live at the Battery and Precious Metals Virtual Investor Conference on October 1 at 10 AM Eastern Time, with the event running October 1 and 2, 2024 and one-on-one meetings available October 1 to 4. An archived webcast will be available after the event. Viva also noted it will resume drilling at its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, with an updated resource and prelimina
CorporateViva Gold Provides Update on Work Program
A 2,000 to 2,500 metre reverse circulation drill program in 15 to 20 drillholes is planned to start in late September 2024 at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada. An updated resource model incorporating 50 drillholes drilled since 2022, plus an updated PEA assessing open-pit heap leach and a high-grade mill circuit with low-grade heap leach, are targeted for completion by year end. A Work Plan for
CorporateViva Gold Announces Closing of $1.2 Million Private Placement
A non-brokered private placement of 7,953,359 units at CDN$0.15 per unit closed for gross proceeds of CDN$1,193,004, with each unit comprising one common share and one-half warrant exercisable at CDN$0.22 until August 8, 2027. Insiders took 1,586,693 units, and finder's fees of CDN$15,750 plus 105,000 warrants are payable to subscribers introduced by Canaccord Genuity Corp. Proceeds will fund up t
FinancingViva Gold Announces Stock Option Grant
A total of 2,750,000 stock options have been granted to directors, officers and consultants under Viva Gold's stock option plan, with an exercise price of C$0.165 per share and expiry three years after the grant date. Half vest immediately, with 25% of the total grant vesting at each of the one-year and two-year anniversaries. Viva holds 100% of the Tonopah gold project in western Nevada and has 1
CorporateViva Gold Announces Closing of Private Placement
A non-brokered private placement closed with 4,451,667 units issued at CDN$0.15 per unit for gross proceeds of CDN$667,750, each unit comprising one common share and one-half warrant exercisable at CDN$0.22 until July 15, 2027. Insiders acquired 1,725,000 units; finder's fees of CDN$6,510 and 43,400 warrants at CDN$0.22 until January 15, 2026 are payable. Proceeds will fund an updated resource est
FinancingViva Gold Announces Private Placement Offering June 10, 2024
A non-brokered private placement of up to 26,666,667 units at CDN$0.15 per unit for gross proceeds of up to CDN$4,000,000 is planned, with no minimum. Each unit includes one common share and half a warrant exercisable at CDN$0.22 for 36 months. Proceeds are allocated as up to $1.8 million for drilling and $1.6 million for technical and environmental studies at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada, p
FinancingViva Gold Reports Multiple High-Grade Gold Hits at the Tonopah Gold Project Including 90 Meters at 2.0 gpt Gold
Drilling at the 100%-owned Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada returned 89.9 meters at 2.0 gpt gold (including 7.6 meters at 11.8 gpt) in hole TG2407, 21.3 meters at 5.1 gpt in TG2409, 18.3 meters at 4.4 gpt in TG2408 and 36.6 meters at 3.2 gpt in TG2404. The results come from a completed 10-hole, 1,515 meter program infilling gaps within the 2022 PEA pit outline; the holes are not in any current NI 43
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