Viva Gold Corp. announced that it has commenced core drilling operations at its Tonopah Gold Project located on the prolific Walker Lane gold trend in western Nevada. The program will include 1,500 to 2,000 meters of HQ (63 mm) size core drilled in 8 to 10 holes, with drilling focused primarily in the western and eastern extents of the main deposit.

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: 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; 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 Provide additional core sample for metallurgical optimization and environmental testwork.