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Viva Gold Intersects New High-Grade Gold Zone at Shallow Depths at its Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
VANCOUVER, BC – TheNewswire - April 23, 2026 – Viva Gold Corp (TSXV: VAU; OTCQB: VAUCF) (the “Company” or “Viva”) is pleased to announce initial results from
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BC – TheNewswire - April 23, 2026 – Viva Gold Corp (TSXV: VAU; OTCQB: VAUCF) (the “Company” or “Viva”) is pleased to announce initial results from its 2026 reverse-circulation (“RC”) drill program, along with an update on pre-feasibility and baseline study activities at its Tonopah Gold Project (“Tonopah,” or the “Project”) in Nevada. Tonopah is 100%-owned by Viva and is located on the prolific Walker Lane Mineral Trend in western Nevada, approximately a 30-minute drive south of Kinross Gold’s Round Mountain Mine. Initial drill results have identified new areas of near surface, higher-grade mineralization, with additional assay results pending. “Initial drilling has identified new zones of shallow, higher-grade mineralization within the southeast portion of the 2025 PEA resource pit area. We believe that these results are likely to add to high-grade starter-pit mineralization for early mining in an area that was previously only sparsely drilled and that contained much of the remaining inferred mineralization within the main pit,” stated James Hesketh, President & CEO. “We continue to define the Project’s broader exploration potential while pre-feasibility work is advancing as planned, with ongoing data validation and additional studies underway to support completion in the fourth quarter of 2026.” RC Drill Program Highlights Fifteen drill holes totaling 2,407 m have been completed to date in the 2026 RC drill program. Assay results have been received for holes TG2601 to TG2604, and an initial 10-sample batch has been completed for TG2608, with remaining results pending. Turnaround times for assays have increased from approximately three weeks to five to six weeks. Initial highlights include: TG2601: 22.9 meters (m) 1.3 grams per tonne (g/t) gold (Au) from 64 m depth, including 4.6 m @ 4.6 g/t Au TG2603: 15.2 m @ 1.2 g/t Au from 88.3 m depth, including 3.0 m @ 2.6 g/t Au TG2608: 12.2 m @ 1.6 g/t Au from 29 m depth (partial results received; additional assays pending). Results to date define the potential for two new zones of higher-grade gold mineralization starting near surface. Six holes, including TG2601 and TG2603, were drilled along a 300 m trend that dips to the southeast between historical hole TG2422 on the northwest end (30.5 m @ 2.3 g/t Au from 53 m depth) and MW-81 on the southeast end ...