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Viva Gold Reports Additional Shallow, High-Grade Hits at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
VANCOUVER, BC – May 13, 2026 – TheNewswire – Viva Gold Corp (TSXV: VAU; OTCQB: VAUCF) (the “Company” or “Viva”) is pleased to announce additional results from
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[{"type":"text","content":"VANCOUVER, BC – May 13, 2026 – TheNewswire – Viva Gold Corp (TSXV: VAU; OTCQB: VAUCF) (the “Company” or “Viva”) is pleased to announce additional results from the 2026 reverse-circulation (“RC”) drill program at its Tonopah Gold Project (“Tonopah,” or the “Project”). Tonopah 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. This RC drill program has identified new areas of near surface, high-grade mineralization. This drill program is designed to expand and infill gold mineralization, with the goal of upgrading inferred resources to a level that supports conversion to mineral reserves in the pre-feasibility study. Nineteen holes totaling 3,210 meters have been drilled, including three exploration holes targeting the Midway Hills prospect at Tonopah. Assay results have been received for eight holes (TG2601–TG2608); results for TG2601–TG2604 and preliminary data for TG2608 were disclosed on April 23, 2026. Assays for the remaining 11 holes are pending. “We are very pleased with the results that we have received in this program. These new mineral intercepts are within the 2025 PEA resource shell in areas previously categorized as either waste or inferred mineralization. The results that we are seeing are potentially adding to shallow high-grade mineralization that can be mined early in the mine life and are likely to convert inferred mineralization to measured and indicated status while also adding new zones of inferred mineralization. These upgrades in both category and grade should help to reduce strip ratio and add to the economics of our ongoing pre-feasibility study for Tonopah,” stated James Hesketh, President & CEO. RC Drill Program Highlights Highlights of our latest assay returns include: TG2606: 51.8 meters @ 2.34 grams per tonne (g/t Au), including 32 m at 3.14 g/t, which included 9.1 m @ 9.3 g/t, containing 1.5 m @ 26.3 g/t, all in five zones between 21.3- and 163.1-meters depth; TG2608: 65.5 m @ 0.48 g/t Au in four zones between 25.9- and 137.2-meters depth; TG2607:16.8 m @ 0.37 g/t in three zones between 56.4- and 115.8-meters depth. TG2605: 19.8 m @ 0.36 g/t in two zones between 62.5- and 123.4-meters depth This drill program focuses on expanding and infilling gold mineralization, with the ...