{"id":2598,"date":"2025-08-13T00:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2025-10-04T13:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T17:20:32","slug":"viva-gold-tsxv-vau-already-up-26-percent-in-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/technicals\/viva-gold-tsxv-vau-already-up-26-percent-in-four-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) Already Up 26.47% in Four Days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">On early Thursday morning at 9:29AM ET, <strong>NIA <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">announced<\/span><\/strong> that its <strong>President <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">purchased<\/span> 100,000 shares<\/strong> of <strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU)<\/strong> on Wednesday at <strong>$0.085 per share<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">On Thursday, <strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">bounced by 5.88%<\/span><\/strong> to <strong>$0.09 per share<\/strong> on volume of <strong>831,843 shares<\/strong> or <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>223% above<\/strong><\/span> its <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">average<\/span> daily volume<\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">On Friday, <strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">bounced by 11.11%<\/span><\/strong> to <strong>$0.10 per share<\/strong> on volume of <strong>818,700 shares<\/strong> or <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>218% above<\/strong><\/span> its <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">average<\/span> daily volume<\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">On Monday, <strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">bounced by 5%<\/span><\/strong> to <strong>$0.105 per share<\/strong> on volume of <strong>405,430 shares<\/strong> or <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>57.5% above<\/strong><\/span> its <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">average<\/span> daily volume<\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">On Tuesday, <strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">bounced by 2.38%<\/span><\/strong> to <strong>$0.1075 per share<\/strong> on volume of <strong>723,140 shares<\/strong> or <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>181.12% above<\/strong><\/span> its <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">average<\/span> daily volume<\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU)<\/strong> has so far <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>bounced by 26.47%<\/strong><\/span> in four trading days! <strong>VAU<\/strong> has a <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>200-day moving average<\/strong><\/span> of <strong>$0.15 per share<\/strong>, which is its<strong> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">most important<\/span> long-term <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">key breakout point<\/span><\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Viva&#39;s CEO James Hesketh<\/strong> is the executive who did the early work at the <strong>Reward <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">Gold Project<\/span><\/strong> in the <strong>Beatty <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">Gold District<\/span><\/strong> of Nevada over a decade prior to <strong>Augusta Gold (TSX: G) <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquiring<\/span><\/strong> control of the property. He is the one who actually <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>completed<\/strong><\/span> the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>permitting process<\/strong><\/span> for the <strong>Reward <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">Gold Mine<\/span><\/strong>, which is why <strong>AngloGold Ashanti (AU)<\/strong> desperately needed to <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquire<\/span> <\/strong>NIA&#39;s<strong> Augusta Gold (TSX: G)<\/strong> at a <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>massive <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\"><strong>premium<\/strong><\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">From 2019 through 2025, <strong>VAU<\/strong> conducted <strong>seven private placements<\/strong> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>raising<\/strong><\/span> a total of <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>$10,619,213<\/strong><\/span> at prices ranging from <strong>$0.12 per share <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">up to<\/span> $0.30 per share<\/strong> with an <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">average<\/span> share issuance price<\/strong> of <strong>$0.17 per share<\/strong> or <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\"><strong>double<\/strong><\/span> the price where <strong>NIA&#39;s President <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">purchased<\/span><\/strong> a <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">small<\/span> <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">initial<\/span> stake<\/strong> on Wednesday:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;max-width:760px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.45;color:#111;\">\n\t<thead>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<th align=\"left\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:2px solid #333;background:#f2f2f2;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Date \/ Period (Final Close)<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t<th align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:2px solid #333;background:#f2f2f2;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Amount Raised (CAD)<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t<th align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:2px solid #333;background:#f2f2f2;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Shares\/Units Issued<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t<th align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:2px solid #333;background:#f2f2f2;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Price per Unit (CAD)<\/span><\/span><\/th>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t<\/thead>\n\t<tbody>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Aug 6, 2019<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$1,018,650<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">3,395,502<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$0.30<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Dec 2019&ndash;Feb 2020<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$705,235<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">2,938,480<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$0.24<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">May&ndash;Jun 2021<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$4,000,000<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">19,047,619<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$0.21<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Dec 21, 2023<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$1,399,567<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">11,663,061<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$0.12<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Jul 9, 2024<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$667,750<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">4,451,667<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$0.15<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Post&ndash;Jul 31, 2024<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$1,193,004<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">7,953,359<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$0.15<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t<td style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">Apr 3, 2025<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$1,635,007<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">12,576,974<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t\t<td align=\"right\" style=\"padding:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\">$0.13<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n<div style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#555;margin-top:8px;max-width:760px;\"> <\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Viva Gold&#39;s Tonopah is located <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">directly south<\/span> of Kinross Gold (KGC)&#39;s Round Mountain, which is Nevada&#39;s <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">#1 largest producing<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold mine<\/span> <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">not<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">owned<\/span> by Newmont\/Barrick&#39;s Nevada Gold Mines! However, Round Mountain is <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">running out<\/span> of ore and <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">no longer<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">operating<\/span> at <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">full capacity<\/span>! By 2030, Round Mountain&#39;s <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold reserves<\/span> will be <span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">depleted<\/span>! Dundee Corporation (TSX: DC.A) the <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">original<\/span> <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">seed investor<\/span> behind KGC knows this and that is why they <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">own 20%<\/span> of Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU)!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldnevada.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldnevada.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldnevada-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldnevada-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong><em>Viva Gold&#39;s Tonopah is located <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">directly north<\/span> of Centerra Gold (TSX: CG)&#39;s Goldfield Project. CG <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">acquired<\/span> Goldfield in 2022 at a cost of <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">US$206.5 million<\/span> and has <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">spent US$45 million doing additional drilling<\/span> over the last three years for a total investment of <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">US$251.5 million<\/span>. CG has <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">established<\/span> a <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold resource<\/span> at Goldfield of <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">794,000 oz measured &amp; indicated<\/span> grading <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">0.67 g\/t<\/span> plus <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">23,000 oz inferred<\/span> grading <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">0.33 g\/t<\/span> for a total resource of <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">817,000 oz<\/span>. CG has spent <span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">US$307.83 per oz<\/span> of <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold resources<\/span>, which are <span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">spread between<\/span> four open pit deposits on the property.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Viva Gold&#39;s Tonopah <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">gold resources<\/span><\/strong> are in a <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">single<\/span> open pit deposit <\/strong>across a<strong> 1.5 km strike <\/strong>containing both <strong><span style=\"color:#2980b9;\">near-surface<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">oxide gold<\/span><\/strong> for <strong><span style=\"color:#e74c3c;\">low-cost<\/span> heap leaching<\/strong> and <strong><span style=\"color:#27ae60;\">high-grade<\/span> <span style=\"color:#f1c40f;\">sulfide gold<\/span><\/strong>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldtonopah-1024x530.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldtonopah-1024x530.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldtonopah-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldtonopah-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vivagoldtonopah.jpg 1075w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;\"><em style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">Past performance is not an indicator of future returns. NIA is not an investment advisor and does not provide investment advice. Always do your own research and make your own investment decisions. NIA&rsquo;s President has purchased 100,000 shares of VAU in the open market and can buy or sell shares at any time. This message is meant for informational and educational purposes only and does not provide investment advice.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On early Thursday morning at 9:29AM ET, NIA announced that its President purchased 100,000 shares of Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) on Wednesday at $0.085 per share. On Thursday, Viva Gold (TSXV: VAU) bounced by 5.88% to $0.09 per share on volume of 831,843 shares or 223% above its average daily volume! On Friday, Viva Gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2599,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[42,70,152,9,58,150],"class_list":["post-2598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technicals","tag-au","tag-cg","tag-dc-a","tag-gold","tag-kgc","tag-vau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2624,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions\/2624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inflation.us\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}