Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ) M&A Call Transcript

Vista Gold Corp. ( VGZ ) M&A Call September 21, 2026 11:00 AM EDT Company Participants Meghan Brown - Vice President of Investor Relations Dale Andres - CEO & Director Steven Dean - Founder & Executive Chairman Conference Call Participants Jeremy Hoy - Canaccord Genuity Corp., Research Division Don DeMarco - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division Wayne Lam - TD Cowen, Research Division Presentation Operator Thank you for standing by. This is the conference operator. Welcome to the Artemis Gold's conference call to announce the acquisition of Vista Gold. [Operator Instructions] And the conference is being recorded. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the conference over to Meg Brown, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Meghan Brown Vice President of Investor Relations Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone, and welcome. Thank you for joining us on our conference call and webcast on the announcement of the acquisition of Vista Gold. Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that certain statements made on the call may be forward-looking, and we encourage you to refer to our public filings and disclosures, including the cautionary language in this morning's news release and here on Slide 2 for a more detailed discussion of potential risks and uncertainties related to these statements. In addition to our CEO, Dale Andres, on the call today, we have our Executive Chair and Founder, Steven Dean; our CFO, Erik Marchand; and our Chief Business Development Officer, Tony Scott. I'll now turn the call over to Dale. Dale Andres CEO & Director Thanks, Meg, and thank you all for joining this call. Starting on Slide 3. This morning, we announced that we have agreed to an all-equity transaction to acquire Vista Gold Corporation, the owner of the Mt Todd gold project in the Northern Territory in Australia. Mt Todd is a rare asset, and we see similarities to