Vista Gold Corp. Announces Dismissal of Change of Forest Land Use Permit Application for the Paredones Amarillos Gold Project

ENPNewswire-22 February 2010-Vista Gold Corp. Announces Dismissal of Change of Forest Land Use Permit Application for the Paredones Amarillos Gold Project(C)2010 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk Release date- 19022010 - Denver, Colorado - Vista Gold Corp. ('Vista' or the 'Company') (TSX & NYSE Amex Equities: VGZ) announced today that its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary, Minera Paredones Amarillos S.A. de C.V. ('MPA') has received notice from the Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources ('SEMARNAT') that SEMARNAT has dismissed, on administrative grounds, MPA's application for the Change of Forest Land Use Permit ('CUSF') for the Company's Paredones Amarillos gold project in Baja California Sur, Mexico ('Paredones Project'). Specifically, SEMARNAT dismissed the CUSF application, without a review of its substantive merit, for MPA's alleged failure to satisfy certain procedural and informational requirements. The CUSF is required before the Company can commence construction of the Paredones Project. The Company is currently amending its CUSF application to address SEMARNAT's specific procedural and informational requirements and intends to re-file the application shortly.