21 Nov 2012securities registration● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP filed the final prospectus for a registered offering.
Announcements, explained
Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
7 Nov 2012quarterly activities report● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP reported a quarterly net income of $12.3 million for the period ended 2012-09-30.
5 Nov 2012securities registration● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP amended a filing by which it registered a securities offering with the SEC using its shelf eligibility.
2 Nov 2012quarterly activities report● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP reported a quarterly net income of $12.3 million for the period ended 2012-09-30.
23 Oct 2012resource reserve update● NeutralMajor
Vista settled on a two-phase build for Mt Todd - a smaller 30,000-tonne-per-day first stage expandable to 45,000 tonnes per day - to cut initial capital costs, and rescheduled its feasibility work into a preliminary study due Q1 2013 followed by a full feasibility study in Q2.
3 Oct 2012capital raising announcement● Neutral
Another scheduled reminder to warrant holders that the exercise price on the 2010 warrants was stepping up again, from $4.00 to $4.50 per share.
28 Sept 2012securities registration● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP filed the final prospectus for a registered offering.
28 Sept 2012securities registration● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP registered a securities offering with the SEC using its shelf eligibility.
20 Sept 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP Senior VP - CFO John F Engele disposed of 108,359 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
20 Sept 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP President and CEO Frederick Hume Earnest disposed of 201,238 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
20 Sept 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP Senior Vice President John W. Rozelle disposed of 69,659 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
10 Sept 2012substantial holder notice● Neutral
BlackRock, Inc reported a VISTA GOLD CORP shareholding of 3,661,164 shares (4.74% of votes) in a periodic institutional filing.
7 Sept 2012resource reserve update▲ GoodMajor
An updated resource estimate grew the Batman deposit at Mt Todd to just over 7 million ounces of gold measured and indicated, up 17% from a year earlier and 37% above the original 2011 feasibility study.
29 Aug 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director Michael B Richings disposed of 17,972 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
29 Aug 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director Nicole Adshead-bell disposed of 17,972 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
29 Aug 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director Tracy Austin Stevenson disposed of 17,972 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
29 Aug 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director John M Clark disposed of 17,972 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
29 Aug 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director William Durand Eppler disposed of 17,972 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
29 Aug 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP director C Thomas Ogryzlo disposed of 17,972 shares via option/appreciation-right settlement.
14 Aug 2012director interest notice● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP Senior VP - CFO John F Engele received a stock option grant for 200,000 shares.
13 Aug 2012drilling result▲ Good
The last batch of a 48-hole drilling program at Guadalupe de los Reyes in Mexico returned more high-grade gold-silver intercepts, feeding into a resource update and economic assessment due later in the year.
10 Aug 2012quarterly activities report▼ Bad
VISTA GOLD CORP reported a quarterly net loss of $30.5 million for the period ended 2012-06-30.
9 Aug 2012securities registration● Neutral
VISTA GOLD CORP filed notice of an exempt private placement.
8 Aug 2012director interest notice● Neutral
John W. Rozelle became a VISTA GOLD CORP Senior Vice President and company insider (initial ownership filing).
7 Aug 2012quarterly activities report▼ Bad
VISTA GOLD CORP reported a quarterly net loss of $30.5 million for the period ended 2012-06-30.
1 Aug 2012capital raising announcement▲ GoodMajor
That private placement closed, raising the full $15 million.
31 July 2012director interest notice● Neutral
Sun Valley Gold Master Fund, LTD became a VISTA GOLD CORP 10%+ owner and company insider (initial ownership filing).
31 July 2012substantial holder notice● Neutral
Sun Valley Gold LLC, Palmedo Holdings LLLP, Peter F. Palmedo, Sun Valley Gold Master Fund, Ltd reported a VISTA GOLD CORP shareholding of 13,819,556 shares (17.23% of votes) in a periodic institutional filing.
12 July 2012drilling result▲ Good
More drilling results from the ongoing Mt Todd resource-conversion program continued to support the case for a larger project.
28 June 2012capital raising announcement● Neutral
Vista announced a new private placement to raise up to $15 million by selling up to 5 million units at $3.00 each.
What it means for a shareholder
5.0m new shares at US$3.00 to raise about US$15.0m. That's 6.5% dilution: every existing holder's slice gets 6.5% smaller. If you held US$1,000 of shares (333 at the issue price), your slice goes from 0.000465% to 0.000434% of the company. To keep it you'd need 23 more shares - about US$69 at the issue price.
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