Exhibit 23.3

                    CONSENT OF MINE RESERVE ASSOCIATES, INC.

      The undersigned, Mine Reserve Associates, Inc., hereby states as follows:

      Our firm assisted with updating and optimizing a feasibility study,
completed in 2000 (the "2000 Feasibility Study"), concerning the Amayapampa
Property, for Vista Gold Corp. (the "Company"), portions of which are summarized
under the caption "Item 2. Properties -- Amayapampa -- Updated Feasibility
Study" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December
31, 2001 (the "Form 10-KSB"), which in turn is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (this "Registration Statement"), to be filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

      We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of the summary information concerning the 2000 Feasibility Study,
including the reference to our firm included with such information, as set forth
above in the Form 10-KSB.

                                        Mine Reserve Associates, Inc.


                                        By: /s/ Donald C. Elkin
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                                            Name:  Donald C. Elkin
                                            Title: President

June 24, 2002
Golden, Colorado