Vista Gold Corp. announced the appointment of Brent Murdoch as General Manager of the company's Mt. Todd gold project in Northern Territory, Australia.

In this role, Brent will be primarily responsible for building the Mt. Todd operating team, developing operating systems, processes and policies, managing local stakeholder relationships, and ultimately managing the operation of the Mt. Todd mine.

Most recently, Brent was the Ore Processing Facility Manager at the Solomon Mine in Western Australia for Leighton Contractors and previously served as the Commissioning Manager for Leighton Contractors at the Yandi Mine, General Manager of OM Manganese Pty Ltd, and General Manager - Construction for Harmony Gold at the Hidden Valley Mine.