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                                                                  Exhibit 31.2

                                  CERTIFICATION

I, John F. Engele, certify that:

1.  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Vista Gold Corp.;

2.  Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.  The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for
establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) [omitted pursuant to Transition
Period provisions at Section III of Release 34-47986 of the Securities and
Exchange Commission entitled "Management's Reports on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting and Certification of Disclosure in Exchange Act Periodic
Reports"] for the registrant and have:

         (a)  Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
         disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
         supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
         registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
         us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
         which this report is being prepared;

         (b)  [omitted pursuant to Transition Period provisions at Section III
         of Release 34-47986 of the Securities and Exchange Commission entitled
         "Management's Reports on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and
         Certification of Disclosure in Exchange Act Periodic Reports"];

         (c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
         controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions
         about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
         of the end of the period covered by this report based on such
         evaluation; and

         (d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's
         most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in
         the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is
         reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
         control over financial reporting; and

5.  The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board
of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

         (a)  All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
         design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
         which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's
         ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
         information; and

         (b)  Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
         or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's
         internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: August 5, 2003           /s/ John F. Engele
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                                John F. Engele,
                                Vice President Finance and
                                Chief Financial Officer
                                (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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