Viva Gold Receives Approval for 19-Hole Drill Program At Its Tonopah Gold Project

VANCOUVER, BC - Viva Gold Corp. reported that the Bureau of Land Management, Tonopah Field Office has approved Viva's Work Plan to complete 19 additional drill holes at its Tonopah gold project located on the prolific Walker Lane gold trend in Western Nevada.

The approved Work Plan, the 37th at Tonopah, includes 14 reverse circulation ("RC") drill holes and 5-core holes. The 14-RC holes are designed to target large blocks of inferred mineralization identified in the recently completed Preliminary Economic Analysis, where additional drill density is required to convert inferred mineralization to indicated category, to fill gaps in the existing drilled areas, and to extend mineralization along trend to the north-west. Five additional holes will be drilled utilizing core drilling in the centers of the known mineralized zones to capture samples for additional metallurgical and environmental test work.

James Hesketh, President & CEO, said, "The goal of the Work Plan is to further increase the size and confidence level of the known gold resources at Tonopah and to obtain metallurgical and environmental samples to further de-risk and advance the project towards feasibility study. This program will also target known open extensions to the northwest, where we believe that a high potential for additional discovery could exist. We anticipate commencing drilling operations at Tonopah early this month, 2020."