Vista Gold Publishes 2024 Environmental, Social and Governance Report
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Vista Gold Publishes 2024 Environmental, Social and Governance Report
Denver, Colorado, March 6, 2025 – Vista Gold Corp. ( NYSE American and TSX: VGZ) announced today the
publication of its 2024 E nvironmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") Report. The ESG Report provides
transparency and outlines progress on the Company’s ESG performance in 2024. It also defines the Company’s ESG
goals and key initiatives for the coming year.
Frederick H. Earnest, President and CEO of Vista, commented, “I am pleased to announce the release of our 2024
ESG Report, sharing insights into our progress and outlining our vision for the future. We recognize the importance
of conducting our business in a responsible and sustainable manner. We are committed to continuously aligning our
business practices with current and emerging ESG principles to drive long-term success and create a positive impact
through our operations.”
Vista’s 2024 ESG Report is available on the Company’s website at www.vistagold.com.
About Vista Gold Corp.
Vista holds the Mt Todd gold project, a ready-to-build 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 feasibili ty. 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.
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. A ll statements, other
than statements of historical facts, included in this news release that address activities, events or developments that we ex pect or anticipate
will or may occur in the future, including such things as our belief that the 2024 ESG Report provides transparency and outlines progress on
the Company’s ESG performance in 2024; the Company is committed to continuously aligning its business practices with current and emerging
ESG principles to drive long-term success and create a positive impact through its operations; the Company’s belief that Mt Todd is a ready-
to-build development-stage gold deposit and that the Northern Territory, Australia is a Tier-1 jurisdiction; the Company’s belief that Mt Todd
offers significant scale, development optionality, growth opportunities, advanced local infrastructure, community support, and demonstrated
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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; and Vista’s belief that its strategy of advancing Mt Todd in this matter will deliver a more fully valued project to
its shareholders. The material factors and assumptions used to develop the forward -looking statements and forward -looking information
contained in this news release include the following: the Company’s forecasts and expected cash flows; the Company’s projected capital and
operating costs; the Company’s expectations regarding mining and metallurgical recoveries; mine life and production rates; that laws or
regulations impacting mine development or mining activities will remain consistent; the Company’s approved business plans, mineral resource
and reserve estimates and results of preliminary economic assessments; preliminary feasibility studies and feasibility studies on the Company’s
projects, if any; the Company’s experience with regulators; political and social support of the mining industry in Australia; the Company’s
experience and knowledge of the Australian mining industry and the Company’s 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 i dentify 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 achieveme nts of the
Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by suc h 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 the
Company’s 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 metallurg ical 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 February 2025, and other
documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities. Although the Company
has 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, the Company assumes no obligation to publicly update any forward -looking statements or forward -looking
information whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.