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Vista Gold Options Guadalupe de los Reyes Project to Minera Alamos
DENVER, Oct. 24, 2017 /CNW/ -- Vista Gold Corp. (TSX & NYSE American: VGZ) ("Vista" or the "Company") today announced that, together with its wholly-owned subsi
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[{"type":"text","content":"DENVER, Oct. 24, 2017 /CNW/ -- Vista Gold Corp. (TSX & NYSE American: VGZ) (\"Vista\" or the \"Company\") today announced that, together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries Minera Gold Stake Holdings Corp., Granges Inc. and Minera Gold Stake, S.A. de C.V. (\"MGS\"), it has entered into an agreement (the \"Option Agreement\") to option our interest in the Guadalupe de los Reyes gold and silver project in Sinaloa, Mexico (the \"GdlR Project\") to Minera Alamos Inc. and its subsidiary Minera Alamos de Sonora S.A. de C.V. (\"Minera Alamos\"). Pursuant to the terms of the Option Agreement, Vista has granted Alamos an exclusive right and option right to earn a 100% interest in the GdlR Project by: making payments totaling $6,000,000 comprised of a payment of $1,500,000 made at the execution of the Option Agreement (\"Option Grant Date\"), two successive payments of $1,500,000 each to be made at the one-year and two-year anniversaries of the Option Grant Date; and a final $1,500,000 payment to be made before the four-year anniversary of the Option Grant Date; maintaining the concessions comprising the GdlR Project in good standing; fulfilling all of the obligations of MGS to the Ejido La Tasajera (the \"Ejido\") as set out in the temporary occupation contract between MGS and the Ejido; granting Vista a capped NSR royalty on production from open pit mining (the \"Open Pit NSR\") at rates that range from 1% (at gold prices of $1400/oz or less) to a maximum of 2% (at gold prices above $1600/oz) up to an aggregate of $2,000,000 in royalty payments; granting Vista a perpetual NSR royalty on production from underground mining (the \"Underground NSR\") at rates that range from 1% (at gold prices of $1400/oz or less) to a maximum of 2% (at gold prices above $1600/oz); and granting Vista the right to assume a 49% non-carried interest in an underground project if Minera Alamos decides to develop an underground mine at the GdlR Project (the \"Back-in Right\"). The Option Agreement provides that all cash payments are non-refundable and optional to Minera Alamos, and in the event Minera Alamos fails to pay any of the required amounts as set out in the Option Agreement, or fails to comply with its other obligations, the Option Agreement will terminate and Minera Alamos will have no interest in the GdlR Project. Provided it is not in breach of the...