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Viva Gold

Gold explorer, with a project stated to be in Walker Lane Trend of Western Nevada.

Nevada · United States — as stated on the recordings

explorer gold Nevada, United States
May 2026Covered
9 of 10Topics on record
1 executiveNamed on the record
Stage
Explorer
Primary commodity
Gold
Jurisdiction
Walker Lane Trend of Western Nevada
Latest appearance
25 May 2026
On record
1 interview · 16 statements · 1 executive

At a glance

What the record holds today. Every card names where it came from — a management representation is not an established fact, and the page never blurs the two.

What is in the ground
about 1.7 million ounces of silver and a half a million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated categories
Management-stated James (Resource Talks) May 2026
Grade
15 g per ton cutoff
Management-stated James (Resource Talks) May 2026
Money on hand
about 3 million Canadian in the bank
Management-stated James (Resource Talks) May 2026
What happens next
11 of 19 assays still waiting on
Management-stated James (Resource Talks) May 2026
The main open question
The company has only ~3 million Canadian in cash against a PFS still in progress and a one-year EIS timeline ahead; pit slope angles remain undefined until production-level engineering.
Weighed from the statements below, not our opinion of the company.
Our reading
How outsiders read it
3 independent voices on record — 3 constructive
James Hesketh, Rod Husband, Dave Kranzler
Outside voices

Management view vs outside view

Management interviews are promotional by nature; the outside view is the counterweight. Both are quoted from the recordings, not added by us.

What management spends its time on

Counted from Viva Gold's own claims across 1 interview — most-covered theme first.

What outside voices pick up on

3 independent voices — people who do not speak for the company — across 3 mentions.

3 constructive
  • James Hesketh “Speaker frames the company as advancing the Tonopah project through drilling, PFS work, and permitting with strong institutional b…”
  • Rod Husband “Husband liked it at $0.05; has since risen approximately 12x.”
  • Dave Kranzler “Company Kranzler covers and recommends; CEO Jim Heskath is a School of Mines graduate”

Bull · Bear · Watch next

Weighed from the statements on this page — management's pitch and the outside view. Not financial advice, and not our opinion of the company.

▲ Bull case

Management says the Tonopah project holds 500,000 oz of gold in measured and indicated resources at a 15 g/ton cutoff in the Walker Lane Trend, with a proven team (20+ years together) drilling efficiently at under $200/meter.

What it rests on
Evidence: 2 moments from 1 interview
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Management says the Tonopah project holds 500,000 oz of gold in measured and indicated resources at a 15 g/ton cutoff in the Walker Lane Trend, with a proven team (20+ years together) drilling efficiently at under $200/meter. An outside analyst notes the CEO is a School of Mines graduate and frames the company as advancing through drilling and PFS toward permitting with strong institutional backing.

▼ Bear case

The company has only ~3 million Canadian in cash against a PFS still in progress and a one-year EIS timeline ahead; pit slope angles remain undefined until production-level engineering.

What it rests on
Evidence: 1 moment from 1 interview
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The company has only ~3 million Canadian in cash against a PFS still in progress and a one-year EIS timeline ahead; pit slope angles remain undefined until production-level engineering. No independent technical commentary on resource quality, economics or pit design risk is on the record.

◆ Watch next

Completion of the prefeasibility study and baseline environmental work (targeted this year), release of remaining 11 of 19 assay results, and submission of the plan of operations to BLM to trigger the one-year EIS clock.

What it rests on
Evidence: 2 moments from 1 interview
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Completion of the prefeasibility study and baseline environmental work (targeted this year), release of remaining 11 of 19 assay results, and submission of the plan of operations to BLM to trigger the one-year EIS clock. Pit slope and operating cost confirmation in the PFS will signal economic viability.

Each moment links to the exact point in the source recording. The cases are drawn from the transcripts, weighed as written — they are not a rating, a target or a recommendation.

Project 6 statements

The deposit 2

Key takeaway. Management reports that the deposit contains about 1.7 million ounces of silver and a half a million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated categories, with a 15 g per ton cutoff grade.

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These figures come from May 2026.

What was actually said
grade
15 g per ton cutoff
“That's all by the way constrained within a conceptual open pit shell at a 15 g per ton cutoff”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·
resource size
about 1.7 million ounces of silver and a half a million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated categories
“showing about 1.7 million ounces um of silver and a half a million ounces of gold in the measured and indicated categories”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Jurisdiction 3

Key takeaway. Management says the company's project is located in the Walker Lane Trend of Western Nevada, United States.

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As of May 2026, the company reports that it plans to submit a plan of operations to the Bureau of Land Management after completing a preliminary feasibility study and baseline work.

What was actually said
country
United States
“Um, yeah. I mean, it's a US project”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·
permit status
plan of operations to be submitted to Bureau of Land Management after completing PFS and baseline work
“you combine that with the baseline studies in a document called a plan of operations. That's completed immediately after we complete the prefees and the baseline work. And you submit the plan of operations to the Bureau of Land Management”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·
region
Walker Lane Trend of Western Nevada
“the focus for Viva is the Tonopa gold project that's in the Walker Lane Trend of Western Nevada”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Technical risk 1

What was actually said
key assumption
pit slope angles to be determined at production level in PFS
“when we do our pits, it'll be at a production uh level uh um pit slope angles”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Economics 2 statements

Economics 1

What was actually said
operating cost
under $200 a meter, $60 a foot all in including assays, geologist
“Um it was down around uh $60 a foot or about uh um yeah under $200 a meter. So that was uh that's all in including assays, geologist, the whole nine yards”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Financing 1

What was actually said
cash position
about 3 million Canadian in the bank
“we still have uh, you know, about 3 million Canadian in the bank”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Timeline 5 statements

Timeline 5

Key takeaway. In May 2026, Viva Gold management reported that they had completed a 19-hole drilling program totaling over 3,100 meters, with assays for 11 of those holes still pending.

Read the full summary

The company said its prefeasibility study and baseline study work are in progress, and its goal is to complete both by the end of the year. Regarding permitting, management noted that the Environmental Impact Statement process follows a statutory timeline of one year.

What was actually said
milestone
11 of 19 assays still waiting on
“We're still waiting on uh 11 of the 19 assays”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·
milestone
completed 19 hole drilling program
“we've just completed an 19h whole program”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·
milestone
drilled 3,100 plus meters in latest program
“We actually drilled 3,100 plus meters”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·
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permit timing
EIS process will be a statutory timeline of one year
“The EIS process in this type of location will be a statutory timeline of one year”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·
study due
prefeasibility study in progress, baseline study work in progress, goal to complete both this year
“we're moving forward on a prefeasibility study for the project. Uh we're also moving forward on baseline study work for the environmental. And the goal this year is to complete uh both our baseline study work as well as our uh prefeasibility”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Corporate 3 statements

Management 1

What was actually said
track record
team members have worked together for 20 plus years
“most of the people working for me have worked for me on and on for the last uh 20 plus years”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Share structure 1

What was actually said
shares outstanding
172 million shares outstanding
“with 172 million shares outstanding”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Market 1

What was actually said
cost curve position
stock trading at 13 cents
“this is a 13 cent stock”
James (Resource Talks)· 25 May 2026·

Outside views 3 mentions

3 mentions by people who do not speak for the company — 3 constructive, 0 cautious, 0 neutral. These are their views, not the company's.

James Hesketh
bullish
Speaker frames the company as advancing the Tonopah project through drilling, PFS work, and permitting with strong institutional backing.
Resource Talks· 25 May 2026·
Rod Husband
bullish
Husband liked it at $0.05; has since risen approximately 12x.
The Deep Dive· 28 Apr 2026·
Dave Kranzler
bullish
Company Kranzler covers and recommends; CEO Jim Heskath is a School of Mines graduate
MiningStockEducation.com· 16 Oct 2025·

Sources 1 interview

Every interview 1

DateChannelInterviewStatements
25 May 2026 Resource Talks Shallow High-Grade Gold in Nevada, But Can Permitting Keep Up? | Viva Gold CEO Interview 16

What else those interviews covered

Every other asset named in the same recordings, by how many of them named it — the company's coverage context, not its holdings. Where the name is another company we hold a record for, it links to it.

gold 1
midway gold 1
newmont 1
rio algam 1
silver 1
tonopah gold project 1
tsx venture exchange 1
vow 1

Questions people ask

What is Viva Gold's project and where is it?

Viva Gold is a explorer gold company, with a project stated to be in Nevada, United States. Everything here is drawn from its executives' own interviews.

Which interviews mention Viva Gold?

We track 1 interview mentioning Viva Gold, across 1 channel (Resource Talks).

What are investors saying about Viva Gold?

3 independent voices — people who do not speak for the company — are on record discussing it (3 bullish). Their reasoning is quoted in the outside-view section above.

What do recent interviews with Viva Gold cover?

The most-discussed topics on record are timeline, jurisdiction, the deposit, economics — each claim quoted and dated in the sections above.

How to read this page

What is here

Statements made by company representatives in the interviews listed above — each one carrying the words that made it, the date, and the recording. Nothing is added from any other source: if it was not said on a recording, it is not on this page. The one exception lives in the Claims & Checks record, which cites a metal price from our own feed so a stated cost can be set against it — and labels it as ours wherever it appears.

What is not verified

All of it. Resource figures, economics, timelines and promotional framing are management's own representations, checked against no filing and no technical report. Transcripts are automatic; we repair a clearly mis-heard word but never a number, a date, a unit or a speaker's hedge — “about 8.6 million ounces” keeps its “about”.

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