July 29, 2010

Board of Directors

John M. Clark
Mr. Clark is a chartered accountant and has been President of Investment and Technical Management Corp., a corporate finance and merchant banking firm based in Toronto, since 1999. He is a director of Alberta Clipper Energy Inc., Marketvision Direct Inc., and CFO and director of Polaris Geothermal Inc., a renewable energy company. Previously, he was Executive Chairman of Laurasia Resources Limited, an oil and gas company, from 1988 until its merger with Startech Energy Inc. in 1997. From 1982 to 1987, Mr. Clark was a Senior Manager with Thorne Riddell Chartered Accountants (now KPMG).
W. Durand Eppler
He is a businessman and the founding partner at Sierra Partners, LLC in March 2005; President of New World Advisors, since August 2004 and was the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Coal International PLC, from 2005 to 2008. Mr. Eppler is a director of Augusta Resource Corporation, Allied Nevada Gold Corp. and Northern Energy and Mining Inc. Previously, with Newmont Mining Corporation, he held positions of Vice President of Newmont Capital, Ltd., President of Newmont Indonesia, Vice President of Corporate Development and Vice President of Corporate Planning. He also has considerable domestic and international banking experience with major U.S. banks. Mr. Eppler holds an M.S. degree in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines.
C. Thomas Ogryzlo
Mr. Ogryzlo is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Polaris Geothermal Inc., a renewable energy company. Mr. Ogryzlo is also a director of Baja Mining Corp. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Canatec Development Corporation, a resource management company. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Black Hawk Mining Inc. and its subsidiary, Triton Mining Corporation (both gold mining companies), and was Chairman of SNC-Lavalin Inc., an engineering group.
Tracy A. Stevenson
Mr. Stevenson has been a director of Quaterra Resources Inc. since June 2007 and Non-Executive Chairman since 2008. He is a senior mining executive who worked for Rio Tinto plc and related companies for 26 years. Mr. Stevenson held many senior positions in the group and prior to his retirement he was Global Head of Information and Technology and Global Head of Business Process Improvement. Formerly, he was Executive Vice President, CFO and a director of Comalco Ltd., and CFO and a director of Kennecott Corporation. He has a B.Sc. in Accounting from the University of Utah, is a CPA and spent four years with a predecessor to the firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.
Michael B. Richings
Mr. Richings retired as President and CEO of Vista in September 2000 and returned to serve as President and CEO following the unexpected death of Ronald J. (Jock) McGregor in May 2004. He was previously President of Atlas Corp. which at the time was Granges' (Vista Gold's corporate predecessor) largest shareholder and before that President of Lac South America, based in Chile. He is a director Allied Nevada Gold Corp. Richings, a mining engineer, holds a B.Sc. from Camborne School of Mines and M.Sc. from Queens University.
Frederick H. Earnest
Mr. Earnest joined Vista in September 2006, and has over 20 years experience in the mining industry, most recently, as President of Pacific Rim El Salvador, and previously as General Manager and Legal Representative for Compania Minera Dayton in Chile. He holds a B.S. in Mining Engineering from Colorado School of Mines. He currently does not serve on any other boards.
Contact the Board of Directors:

Vista Gold Corp
7961 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 5
Littleton, CO 80127
Phone: 720-981-1185
Fax: 720-981-1186