Vista Gold Corp. (NYSE American:VGZ) (TSX: VGZ) announced receipt of a $1.1 million payment from Prime Mining Corp.

As announced on June 15, 2020 (see news release), Prime Mining is required to pay Vista $2.1 million in lieu of being granted certain royalties and back-in rights relating to the Guadalupe de los Reyes gold / silver project in Mexico. The remaining $1.0 million payment is due no later than July 2021. If Prime Mining fails to make the remaining payment, Vista will have the right to reinstate its royalties and back-in rights.

All dollar amounts in this press release are in U.S. dollars.

About Vista Gold Corp.

The Company is a gold project developer. The Company’s flagship asset is the Mt Todd gold project in the Tier-1 mining jurisdiction of Northern Territory, Australia. Mt Todd is the largest undeveloped gold project in Australia and if developed as presently designed, would potentially be Australia’s 6^th largest gold producer on an annual basis.