Viva Gold Corp. announced that it has commenced drilling at its Tonopah Gold Project ("Tonopah"). Tonopah is located on the prolific Walker Lane mineral trend in western Nevada, about 20 minutes' drive from the town of Tonopah.

The focus of this program will be to conduct both step out and infill drilling to support mineral resource development by offsetting the relatively shallow high grade gold zones discovered in 2022/23 drill programs. Some of the prior drillhole intercepts that require additional drill hole support for resource definition include the following: TG2211 intercepted a zone of 57.9 meters ("m') commencing at 40m depth averaging 5.0 grammes per tonnes gold ("gpt Au"), including 11m at 24.0 g/t Au. TG2209 intercepted a zone of 86.9m at 1.3 g/t Au starting at 87m depth, including 3.0m at 13.5 g/t Au, and 1.5m at 9.2 g/t Au. TG2219 intercepted 18.3m at 4.1 g/t Au starting at a depth of 73 m. TG2217 intercepted a zone averaging 5.0 g/t Au over 18.2 m, including 4.6 m at 14.7 g/t Au starting at 76 m depth.

These discoveries were typically related to splay fractures and lithology related controls. Other holes are designed to test undrilled gaps between known mineralized zones.