24 Oct 2011resource reserve update● Neutral
Vista filed the formal technical report backing up its enlarged Batman resource estimate with Canadian regulators.
Announcements, explained
Each one in plain English, with the numbers worked through for a shareholder.
9 Sept 2011resource reserve update▲ GoodMajor
New drilling pushed the Batman deposit's estimated gold resource to nearly 6 million ounces measured and indicated, up 17% from a year earlier, as Vista worked toward a bigger definitive feasibility study.
16 June 2011farm in farm out agreement● NeutralMajor
Vista let its Indonesian joint-venture partner, Pan Asia Resources, earn up to a further 20% of the Awak Mas gold project on top of the 60% it was already earning, in exchange for more cash, shares and drilling.
4 Mar 2011resource reserve update▲ GoodMajor
Vista and Midas Gold's Hangar Flats and West End deposits were to be combined with Yellow Pine into the Golden Meadows project, with about 3.95 million ounces measured and indicated and 2.4 million inferred. Vista would own 35% of the new Midas Gold Corp. once the deal closed.
11 Feb 2011resource reserve update▲ Good
Vista disclosed that its 2006 development agreement with the Northern Territory government - under which the government holds site rehabilitation liability until Vista gets its permits - had been extended for another five years, and filed the full January 2011 feasibility study.
4 Jan 2011resource reserve update▲ GoodMajor
A new feasibility study more than doubled Mt Todd's estimated reserves to 4.1 million ounces of gold and outlined a bigger 30,000-tonne-per-day mine, a major step up from the August 2010 study.
9 Sept 2010resource reserve update▲ Good
Vista also identified a smaller satellite deposit, Quigleys, near Batman, with an initial resource of about 456,000 ounces of gold.
20 Aug 2010resource reserve update▲ GoodMajor
Vista announced a preliminary feasibility study for the Batman deposit at its wholly owned Mt Todd project in Australia. It estimated proven and probable reserves of 2 million ounces of gold.
1 July 2010resource reserve update▲ Good
Vista announced the discovery of a new exploration target on the exploration tenements around its Mt. Todd gold project in Australia. It also updated progress on Batman drilling and said the Mt. Todd pre-feasibility study was nearing completion.