# Viva Gold Initiates Work Programs and Resource Expansion Initiatives Canonical Atlas analysis: https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/viva-gold-initiates-work-programs-and-resource-expansion-initiatives--02ad4533-e788-4291-8fa0-b8f7016651d5 Original source: https://money.tmx.com/en/quote/VAU/news/8037675299615809/viva-gold-initiates-work-programs-and-resource-expansion-initiatives Publisher: tmx Original announcement: 2026-01-14T12:00:00.000Z Analysis by Minestarters Atlas Atlas analysis published: Unknown date Atlas analysis updated: Unknown date - Company: Viva Gold Corp - Ticker: VAU - Exchange: TSX - Region: Nevada - Primary commodity: Gold - Secondary commodities: Silver - Document categories: Drill results, Metallurgy, Resource update - Extracted: 2026-09-19 03:54:18 UTC Narrative sentiment: 0.40 · Bullish ## Minestarters Atlas summary Viva Gold has commenced work programs to advance the Tonopah project toward feasibility, including infill drilling to convert inferred resources to M&I. The company is also conducting metallurgical bottle roll tests to evaluate coarse-crush heap leach potential for low-grade mineralization. Reasoning: The company is transitioning from PEA to feasibility stage with specific work programs targeting resource conversion and metallurgical optimization. - Positive factor: Commencement of feasibility-level work programs - Positive factor: High-confidence resource \(86% M&I\) - Positive factor: Strategic focus on cost-reducing coarse crush heap leach testing - Positive factor: Nearness to Kinross Round Mountain mine - Negative factor: Reliance on infill drilling to convert inferred material Facts used in scoring: 2 ## Classification and evidence **Infill Drilling** Polarity: neutral Definition: Confirmatory drilling to raise resource confidence, not new discovery. Why it applies: Work plan aims to infill remaining areas of high-grade inferred mineralization for conversion to M&I. Evidence · text > The primary goal of this work is to infill remaining areas of high-grade \(1.0 gram per tonne \(“gpt"\)\) inferred mineralization within the 2025 PEA pit shell for potential conversion to measured and indicated material **Heap Leach Route** Polarity: neutral Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected. Why it applies: Company is conducting bottle roll tests to evaluate heap leach gold recovery potential. Evidence · text > A series of bottle roll tests are currently underway to test heap leach gold recovery potential **Nearology Play** Polarity: neutral Definition: Value premise rests on proximity to a known deposit rather than own results. Why it applies: Project is located half an hour from Kinross Gold's Round Mountain mine. Evidence · text > half hours’ drive from Kinross Gold’s Round Mountain gold mine **Mill Route** Polarity: neutral Definition: Processing via mill or concentrator \(CIL, CIP, tank leach, flotation\). Why it applies: the document describes a mill\_cil route \("CIL"\) **Single Domain Only** Polarity: negative Definition: Testing limited to one composite or domain — representativeness not established. Why it applies: only one composite was tested ## Extracted facts Stored fact records: 2. Some facts used in scoring do not have a stored record. ## Drill Results (1) ### Fact 1 [Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/viva-gold-initiates-work-programs-and-resource-expansion-initiatives--02ad4533-e788-4291-8fa0-b8f7016651d5#fact-drill-facts-0) Needs review: drill\_no\_hole\_id #### Identity - Region: usa\_nv - Reported Region: usa\_nv - Ticker: VAU #### Classification - Program: resource - Sample Type: drill #### Location - Location: 2025 PEA pit shell - Loc. Source: document #### Review - Needs Review: Yes - Review Reason: drill\_no\_hole\_id - Interp. Status: scored - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Infill drilling to upgrade resource confidence. - Positive factor: Targets high-grade inferred mineralization Evidence · text > infill remaining areas of high-grade \(1.0 gram per tonne \(“gpt"\)\) inferred mineralization within the 2025 PEA pit shell for potential conversion to measured and indicated material #### Tags used in scoring **No QA/QC Disclosure** Polarity: negative Definition: Release does not disclose QA/QC — lab certification, CP/QP sign-off and assay protocols cannot be checked from this document. Why it applies: qaqc\_disclosed is not true **Cut-off Undisclosed** Polarity: negative Definition: High-grade interval reported without stating the cut-off grade used for compositing. Why it applies: no cutoff\_grade was stated **Infill Drilling** Polarity: neutral Definition: Confirmatory drilling to raise resource confidence, not new discovery. Why it applies: drill\_program\_type is "resource" ## Metallurgical Results (1) ### bottle roll [Link to this fact](https://atlas-extractions.minestarters.com/news/viva-gold-initiates-work-programs-and-resource-expansion-initiatives--02ad4533-e788-4291-8fa0-b8f7016651d5#fact-metallurgical-facts-1) gold #### Identity - Commodity: gold - Region: usa\_nv - Reported Region: Nevada - Ticker: VAU #### Test Work - Program Status: preliminary - Test Type: bottle roll - Processing Route: heap leach - Sample: low-grade gold mineralization \(~0.4 gpt Au\) at coarse crush size \(36mm\) #### Recovery - Head Grade: 0.4 - Head Grade Unit: gpt #### Review - Needs Review: No - Historical: No #### Dates - Event date: 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z Reasoning: Testing coarse crush heap leach potential for low-grade ore. - Positive factor: Potential to reduce CAPEX/OPEX via coarse crush Evidence · text > A series of bottle roll tests are currently underway to test heap leach gold recovery potential at a coarse crush size \(36mm\) for low-grade gold mineralization \(~0.4 gpt Au\) #### Tags used in scoring **Heap Leach Route** Polarity: neutral Definition: Processing via heap leach — lower CAPEX and OPEX, lower recovery expected. Why it applies: processing\_route matches the heap\_leach signal ## How Atlas produces this analysis Minestarters Atlas uses automated extraction to summarize mining announcements, identify reported measurements, and classify supporting evidence. Sentiment reflects the extracted narrative and classification rules; it is an interpretation, not a reported measurement. Evidence quotes and context are provided where available. Missing data, low-confidence results, and review flags indicate limitations. Check the original publisher announcement before relying on an interpretation.