Vista Gold Corp. announced that it has appointed Mr. Michel (Mike) Sylvestre as an independent director of the Company and increased the size of its Board of Directors from five to six. Mr. Sylvestre has also been appointed to the Health, Safety, Environment and Social Responsibility Committee of the Board.

Mr. Sylvestre is a successful mining executive with over 45 years of international and domestic industry experience with major, mid-tier and junior companies. He retired in November 2022 from his position as Senior Vice President Americas at Kinross Gold Corp. Mr. Sylvestre is a director of Hochschild Mining PLC and Nickel Creek Platinum Corp.