18 Feb 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director Michael B Richings received a stock option grant for 12,500 shares.
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18 Feb 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP Senior VP - CFO John F Engele received a stock option grant for 37,500 shares.
7 Feb 2014material agreement● NeutralMajor
Vista arranged to sell 16 million of its Midas Gold Corp shares for up to Cdn$12.8 million, which would cut its Midas stake from 24.9% to about 12.4%.
4 Feb 2014material agreement● Neutral
The buyer of Vista's Los Cardones debt, RPG Structured Finance, got Vista to push back its final US$6 million payment from January to July 2014, paying Vista an extra US$250,000 for the delay.
21 Jan 2014substantial holder notice● Neutral
Sprott Inc. reported a VISTA GOLD CORP shareholding of 7,235,056 shares (8.50% of votes) in a periodic institutional filing.
2 Jan 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP President and CEO Frederick Hume Earnest received a stock option grant for 50,000 shares.
2 Jan 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP Senior Vice President John W. Rozelle received a stock option grant for 37,500 shares.
2 Jan 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director Michael B Richings received a stock option grant for 12,500 shares.
2 Jan 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director John M Clark received a stock option grant for 10,000 shares.
2 Jan 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP Senior VP - CFO John F Engele received a stock option grant for 37,500 shares.
2 Jan 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director C Thomas Ogryzlo received a stock option grant for 10,000 shares.
2 Jan 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director Tracy Austin Stevenson received a stock option grant for 10,000 shares.
2 Jan 2014director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director William Durand Eppler received a stock option grant for 10,000 shares.
18 Nov 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP President and CEO Frederick Hume Earnest bought 30,000 shares on the open market.
14 Nov 2013capital raising announcement● Neutral
The company formally closed that loan extension, executing the share pledge agreement putting its Midas Gold Corp. shares up as collateral for the Sprott facility.
1 Nov 2013quarterly activities report▼ Bad
VISTA GOLD CORP reported a quarterly net loss of $3.0 million for the period ended 2013-09-30.
30 Oct 2013quarterly activities report▼ Bad
VISTA GOLD CORP reported a quarterly net loss of $3.0 million for the period ended 2013-09-30.
24 Oct 2013asset acquisition disposition▲ GoodMajor
The Los Cardones sale closed: Invecture took the project company outright and RPG Structured Finance bought the associated intercompany debt, together paying Vista US$13 million and ending the 2012 earn-in arrangement with Invecture.
8 Oct 2013material agreement▲ GoodMajor
Vista agreed to sell its Los Cardones gold project in Mexico (the former Concordia earn-in ground) to Invecture Group for US$13 million, using roughly half the proceeds to pay down its Sprott Resource Lending term loan, as it shed non-core assets to preserve cash for Mt Todd and its Midas Gold stake.
26 Sept 2013capital raising announcement▼ BadMajor
Vista extended the Sprott loan's maturity to March 2015 - paying for the extension in stock - but had to sweeten the deal for the lender by pledging its entire stake in Midas Gold Corp. as first-priority collateral and adding a subsidiary guarantee, a sign credit terms were tightening.
12 Aug 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director William Durand Eppler received a stock option grant for 63,000 shares.
12 Aug 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP Senior VP - CFO John F Engele received a stock option grant for 219,000 shares.
12 Aug 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP Senior Vice President John W. Rozelle received a stock option grant for 141,000 shares.
12 Aug 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director Michael B Richings received a stock option grant for 63,000 shares.
12 Aug 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director C Thomas Ogryzlo received a stock option grant for 63,000 shares.
12 Aug 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP President and CEO Frederick Hume Earnest received a stock option grant for 406,000 shares.
12 Aug 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director Tracy Austin Stevenson received a stock option grant for 63,000 shares.
12 Aug 2013director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director John M Clark received a stock option grant for 63,000 shares.
6 Aug 2013quarterly activities report▼ Bad
VISTA GOLD CORP reported a quarterly net loss of $21.0 million for the period ended 2013-06-30.
2 Aug 2013quarterly activities report▼ Bad
VISTA GOLD CORP reported a quarterly net loss of $21.0 million for the period ended 2013-06-30.