Viva Gold Corp. Receives Shareholder Meeting Requisition
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Viva Gold Corp. Receives Shareholder Meeting Requisition
VANCOUVER, BC – May 9, 2021 – Viva Gold Corp. (TSX-Venture: VAU; OTCQB: VAUCF) (the “Company”
or “Viva”) announces that it has received a requisition (the “Requisition”) from a dissident shareholder
group led by Humewood Ventures Corp. and Dumont Capital Corp., holding approximately 5.35% of the
Company’s outstanding voting shares, for a meeting of its shareholders pursuant to section 167 of the
Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) (the “Act”). The shareholders who made the Requisition
request that a special meeting of Viva’s shareholders be called to consider the approval of special
resolutions pursuant to s. 128(3) of the Act to remove Christopher Herald, James Hesketh, Edward
Mahoney and David Whittle as directors of the Company; and to consider the approval of an ordinary
resolutions to reduce the number of directors of the Board of Directors to three, and to appoint Geoff
Goodall and Jim Mustard, both of Vancouver, BC, to the Board. The Board of Directors will review the
requisition and provide an update in due course. Neither Humewood Ventures nor Dumont Capital have
participated in any equity financings of Viva since before the Company become active on the TSX Venture
Exchange in November 2017. Dumont Capital is represented by Ms. Kathrine (Kelly) MacDonald, sister to
Mr. Gary MacDonald, Viva’s longest serving director. Humewood Ventures is represented by Mr. Robert
Baker.
About Viva Gold
Viva Gold is a gold exploration and project development company with a focus on Nevada. Viva
holds 100% of the advanced Tonopah Gold Project, a large land position of approximately 8,800 acres
with demonstrated high-grade measured, indicated and inferred gold resources, located on the prolific
Walker Lane gold trend in Nevada, about 30 kilometers south-east of the Round Mountain mine of Kinross
Gold and 20 kilometers north from the Town of Tonopah. Viva’s management team has extensive
experience in mining exploration, development and production and are supported by a Board of Directors
and advisors who are proven mine finders, deal makers and financiers. Viva trades on the TSX-V as “VAU”,
on the OTCQB in the US as “VAUCF” and on the Frankfurt exchange under “7PB”. For additional
information on Viva Gold and the Tonopah Gold Project, please visit our website: www.vivagoldcorp.com.
For further information please contact:
James Hesketh, President & CEO
(720) 291-1775
Valerie Kimball, Director Investor Relations
(720) 933-1150
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