VISTA GOLD CORP
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $397.04M
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- –
About Vista Gold
Gold and Silver Ores, SIC 1040
Vista Gold Corp. is a development-stage company operating in the gold mining industry. The company conducts its business through a single reportable segment centered on mineral property acquisition, exploration, and evaluation. Its flagship asset is the Mt Todd Gold Project, an advance-stage gold deposit. Vista currently does not produce commercial minerals, generates no cash flows or revenues from mining operations, and does not sell to commercial customers.
The company's evaluation and exploration activities are concentrated in the Northern Territory of Australia. Vista's executive headquarters is based in Englewood, Colorado, United States, alongside a registered and records office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. As of late 2025, the company had 13 full-time employees and one part-time employee globally, supplemented by external technical consultants and an expanding Australia-based development team.
Summary of the business section of Vista Gold's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- VISTA GOLD CORP
- Founded
- 1983
- Headquarters
- Englewood, CO
- Address
- 8310 S. Valley Hwy, Suite 300 80112
- Phone
- (720) 981-1185
- Website
- vistagold.com
- Employees
- 13, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Gold and Silver Ores
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Davidson& Company LLP, Vancouver, Canada
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- VGZ
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Shares outstanding
- 146M, Jul 24, 2026
- Public float
- $122.63M, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Non-accelerated filer<br>Smaller reporting company
- Stock splits
- 1-for-20 reverse, Jun 19, 2002
- SEC CIK
- 783324
- CUSIP
- 927926303
- ISIN
- US9279263035
- LEI
- 5493002WCFTLKVBI8D48
- EIN
- 98-0542444
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Frederick Hume Earnest | President & CEO, Director | 2,699,208 |
| Gavin Ferguson | Managing Director | – |
| Douglas L. Tobler | CFO | 589,696 |
| Pamela A. Solly | VP, Investor Relations | 400,280 |
| Patrick F. Keenan | Director | – |
| John M. Clark | Director | 189,068 |
| Deborah J. Friedman | Director | – |
| Tracy Austin Stevenson | Director | 453,199 |
| Michel Sylvestre | Director | – |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Frederick H. Earnest | $624.19K | $1.96M | $341.33K | $394 | – |
| FY2024 Frederick H. Earnest | $582.01K | $793.38K | $326.81K | $112 | – |
| FY2023 Frederick H. Earnest | $566.19K | $585.13K | $343.61K | $90 | – |
| FY2022 Frederick H. Earnest | $506.03K | $486.56K | $334.19K | $70 | – |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had 13 full-time employees and one part-time employee globally.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings