May 9, 2008

Board of Directors

John M. Clark
Mr. Clark is a chartered accountant and is 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., Impact Energy Inc., and Thunder Energy Inc., director of administrator to Thunder Energy Trust, and CFO and a director of Polaris Geothermal Inc. 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
Mr. Eppler holds an M.S. degree in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines. He is Chief Executive Officer and a director of Coal International PLC, President of New World Advisors, a director of Augusta Resource Corporation and a director of Allied Nevada Gold Corp. 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.
C. Thomas Ogryzlo
Mr. Ogryzlo is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Polaris Geothermal Inc., and is a director of Tiomin Resources Inc., Birim Goldfields Inc. and 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 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. 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 of Zaruma Resources Inc., and 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.