Vista Gold Reports Additional Drilling Results at Mt. Todd, Australia

Vista Gold VGZtoday reported further drilling results from its ongoing resource conversion drilling program at the Mt. Todd gold project in Northern Territory, Australia. Highlights of the most recent three drill hole results include: 1.32 grams per tonne (g/t) gold over 149 meters in VB12-015; 1.49 g/t gold over 129 meters in VB12-016; and 1.54 g/t gold over 33 meters, including 5.22 g/t over 7 meters in VB12-017. True widths of the intercepts reported above range between 80-87% and are discussed in more detail in the table below that lists comprehensive results from the three drill holes announced in this release. Frederick H. Earnest, President and CEO of Vista, stated, "The resource conversion drilling program in the Batman pit continues to deliver strong results by targeting mineralization currently in the inferred resource category located inside of or near the limits of an economic pit shape.  The first 18 drill holes of the program were recently incorporated into an updated resource estimate that significantly increased the measured and indicated mineral resources at Mt. Todd's Batman deposit (please refer to our press release dated September 4, 2012).  We have now completed See full press release