VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Viva Gold Corp. (TSX Venture: VAU; OTCQB: VAUCF) (the “Company” or “Viva”) is focused on advancing the Tonopah Gold Project, located on the world class Walker Lane gold trend in Nevada, towards feasibility and permitting and has recently completed a core drilling program. The Company announced today that James Hesketh, President and CEO, will present live at VirtualInvestorConferences.com on July 28^th, 2022.

DATE: July 28^th, 2022
TIME: 1:30 PM ET
LINK:   https://bit.ly/3ni2TNT

Available for 1x1 meetings: July 27^th and July 28th

This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the Company questions in real-time. If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an archived webcast will also be made available after the event.

It is recommended that investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates.

Learn more about the event at www.virtualinvestorconferences.com.

Recent Company Highlights

The Company recently completed a 1,300-meter, 6-hole core drilling program with drilling focused primarily in the western and eastern extents of the main deposit. Assay results are pending. The core holes are designed to penetrate through the pit wall of the $1,650 resource pit shell to capture information and core sample to address the following:

1)   Infill undrilled areas inside the resource pit shell to potentially add additional gold mineralization and to target areas of inferred mineralization for upgrade to measured and indicated categories;
2)   Provide detailed structural and rock core information to allow completion of a geotechnical study initiated by Viva in 2020 to support pit slope angle determination for feasibility level mine design study; and
3)   Provide additional core sample for metallurgical optimization and environmental testwork.

A second reverse circulation (“RC”) drill has been contracted for work to commence in September 2022. The lower cost RC program will be targeted to further infill between existing widely spaced holes on open extensions along the main ESE-WNW trend of the deposit.

About Viva Gold Corp
Viva Gold Corp holds 100% of the Tonopah Gold Project, a large land position consisting of approximately 10,500 acres located on the world class Walker Lane Trend in western Nevada, 30 minutes’ drive south-east of the Kinross Round Mountain mine and 20 minutes’ drive from the Town of Tonopah. The project has a measured and indicated contained mineral gold resource of 394,000 ounces at a gold grade of 0.78 grams/tonne and 206,000 ounces of Inferred resource at 0.87 grams/tonne. Viva is advancing the project towards feasibility and permitting.

About Virtual Investor Conferences^®
Virtual Investor Conferences (VIC) is the leading proprietary investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for publicly traded companies to seamlessly present directly to investors.

Providing a real-time investor engagement solution, VIC is specifically designed to offer companies more efficient investor access.  Replicating the components of an on-site investor conference, VIC offers companies enhanced capabilities to connect with investors, schedule targeted one-on-one meetings and enhance their presentations with dynamic video content. Accelerating the next level of investor engagement, Virtual Investor Conferences delivers leading investor communications to a global network of retail and institutional investors.

CONTACTS:
Viva Gold Corp.

James Hesketh, President & CEO
(720) 291-1775
[email protected]

Valerie Kimball, Director Investor Relations
(720) 933-1150
[email protected]

Virtual Investor Conferences
John M. Viglotti
SVP Corporate Services, Investor Access
OTC Markets Group
(212) 220-2221
[email protected]