Vista Gold Corp. announced that Mr. John W. Rozelle was appointed as Senior Vice President of the company. Mr. Rozelle is an economic and mining geologist with more than 30 years of experience.

Since 2011, Mr. Rozelle has served as the Registrant's VP Technical Services. Prior to working for the Registrant, Mr. Rozelle served as the manager of the mineral resource division of Tetra Tech. Mr. Rozelle has personal experience with more than 100 gold projects and other metal projects in 48 countries.