
Jim Hesketh
Mining industry veteran and President, CEO & Director of Viva Gold Corp (TSX-V: VAU), developer of the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada.
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Oct 11, 2026
Grizzle Hard Money Conference - October 2026: Gold, Silver & Bitcoin
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170:03Scott ThomsonHOST
I'm just curious, how did this discovery come about, and what are the plans for the target? And how much more drilling do you think you need to do before you could include it in maybe if not the, the, uh, pre-fe-feasibility study, maybe the definitive feasibility study or a later, later date? Just help us understand what this means to Viva.

Jim HeskethGUEST
Well, over the last few years, uh, you know, we've told investors that we believe the project has a lot more size potential.

Jim HeskethGUEST
And, uh, you know, been-- they've been telling us to prove it, prove the point.

Jim HeskethGUEST
The, uh, uh-- we drilled a three-hole fence in Midway Hills area of the project.
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173:12Scott ThomsonHOST
What, what are the other moving pieces and, like, the permit milestones we should be following to say, "Okay, this thing's moving towards that construction decision and production"?
Viva Gold: New Discovery Opens Up Tonopah’s Exploration Upside
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Jim HeskethGUEST
Yeah, we had taken a look at the historic drilling in this area, and it was primarily conducted by Rio Algam and Kennecott Minerals back in the 80s and 90s.

Jim HeskethGUEST
The mineralization at Round Mountain stops when they hit the older underlying argillites.

Trevor HallHOST
But kind of following up on this, what needs to happen to really kind of understand the dimensions of this anymore? Well,