Mr. Federick Earnest reports

VISTA GOLD CORP. ANNOUNCES VOTING RESULTS FROM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Vista Gold Corp. has released the voting results from its annual general and special meeting of shareholders held on April 27, 2017, in Vancouver, B.C.

A total of 60,333,717 common shares in the capital of the company were represented at the meeting, being 61.58 per cent of the common shares. Detailed results for the ballot votes are as set out in the attached table.

                VOTING RESULTS FOR ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Proposal                                        Votes for %      Votes withheld %

Election of John M. Clark as director                 99.14                  0.86
Election of Federick H. Earnest as director           99.04                  0.96
Election of W. Durand Eppler as director              98.07                  1.93
Election of C. Thomas Ogryzlo as director             97.08                  2.92
Election of Michael B. Richings as director           97.46                  2.54
Election of Tracy A. Stevenson as director            98.06                  1.94

In addition, at the meeting, shareholders appointed EKS&H LLLP as auditor of the company and passed ordinary resolutions to approve: on an advisory basis, the compensation of the corporation's named executive officers and one year as the frequency of future advisory votes.

About Vista Gold Corp.

The company is a well-financed gold project developer. Its principal asset is its flagship Mount Todd gold project in Northern Territory, Australia. Mount Todd is one of the largest undeveloped gold projects in Australia.