---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000783324-24-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VGZ"
cik: "0000783324"
company_name: "VISTA GOLD CORP"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:12:27.587679+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vista Gold holds AGM; all director nominees elected, auditor and say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Shareholders elected all six board nominees with >96% support each (John M. Clark, Frederick H. Earnest, Deborah J. Friedman, Patrick F. Keenan, Tracy A. Stevenson, Michel Sylvestre).
- Davidson & Company LLP appointed as auditor for fiscal 2024 with 97.7% of votes in favor.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution passed with ~90.9% of votes cast in favor.
- Proposal to approve unallocated options under Stock Option Plan deferred after shareholder feedback; not voted.
- Turnout of 57.23% (69.55M common shares represented).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000783324-24-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VGZ
- cik: 0000783324
- company_name: VISTA GOLD CORP
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783324/000078332424000046/0000783324-24-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783324/000078332424000046/vgz-20240430x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000783324-24-000046.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  VISTA GOLD CORP shareholders approved Approve Appointment of Davidson & Company LLP at the 2024-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-30
  source text: Approve Appointment of Davidson & Company LLP 67,959,081 1,595,858 0 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783324/000078332424000046/0000783324-24-000046-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VISTA GOLD CORP shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-30
  source text: Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation 37,193,877 599,055 3,099,369 28,662,638
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783324/000078332424000046/0000783324-24-000046-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  VISTA GOLD CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-30
  source text: Election of Directors Votes For Votes Withheld/ Abstain Broker Non-Votes John M. Clark 39,839,708 1,052,593 28,662,638
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/783324/000078332424000046/0000783324-24-000046-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.