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Viva Gold Continues to Expand Gold Mineralization at the Tonopah Gold Project in Nevada
Latest RC drilling extends the new southeast pit area and confirms a new block of gold mineralization on the south side of the deposit; first 15 holes now
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Latest RC drilling extends the new southeast pit area and confirms a new block of gold mineralization on the south side of the deposit; first 15 holes now being incorporated into an updated resource model VANCOUVER, BC – TheNewswire - June 23, 2026 – 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. Building on previously announced results, today’s results continue to extend known gold mineralization and define new mineralized areas across the deposit – reinforcing the momentum of a program that has returned consistent gold intercepts across the first fifteen holes drilled. “With each batch of results, the picture at Tonopah gets bigger and clearer. TG2614 defined the width extent of the new southeast trend, while TG2615 builds directly on our earlier TG2608 intercept to establish a new block on gold mineralization of the south side of the deposit. The first fifteen holes of this program are now being incorporated into our updated resource model, and we are encouraged by what we are seeing,” stated James Hesketh, President & CEO. With assays in hand for fifteen of the nineteen holes, and results for the remaining four expected in the coming weeks, the 2026 program is feeding directly into the updated resource model that will underpin the Company's pre-feasibility study, targeted for Q4 2026. RC Drill Program Highlights Highlights of our latest assay returns include: TG2615: 56.4 m @ 0.35 g/t Au in two zones starting at 32 meters depth TG2614: 19.8 m @ 1.01 g/t Au in four zones starting at 51.8 meters depth; TG2612:7.6 m @ 0.34 g/tAu in two zones starting at 56.4 meters depth. This drill program was designed to infill and upgrade areas of inferred gold mineral resource and undrilled areas currently carried as waste within our 2025 PEA resource pit shell. Additional drilling was performed on open extensions to mineralization outside the PEA pit shell. Nineteen drill holes totaling 3,210 meters have been completed in this program including three exploration holes drilled in the Midway Hills prospect area at Tono...