------------------------------ OMB APPROVAL ------------------------------ OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: September 30, 1998 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |_| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). (Print of Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Exploration Capital Partners 2000 Limited Partnership -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Global Resource Investments Ltd. 7770 El Camino Real -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Carlsbad CA 92009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ) ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. I.R.S. or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (voluntary) 88-0451737 ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year October 31, 2002 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) |_| Director |X| 10% Owner |_| Officer (give title below) |_| Other (specify below) ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable line) |_| Form Filed by One Reporting Person |X| Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person ________________________________________________________________________________ ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================

5. Amount of 6. 4. Securities Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Beneficially ship 2A. 3. Disposed of (D) Owned Form: 7. 2. Deemed Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Following Direct Nature of Trans- Execution Code ------------------------------- Reported (D) or Indirect 1. action Date, if (Instr. 8) (A) Transaction(s) Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date any ------------ or (Instr. 3 & (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V Amount (D) Price Instr.4) (Instr.4) (Instr.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Shares 10/3031/02 S 3413,~~400~~900 D $2.~~8014~~7558 ~~1,088,407 D~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Shares 11/1/02 S 44,500 D $2.70 1,030,007 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number Page 1 of 3 pages FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: Exploration Capital Partners 2000 Limited Partnership By: Resource Capital Investment Corp., its General Partner By: /s/ Keith Presnell November 1, 2002 ------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Keith Presnell, Chief Financial Officer Date ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. Page 2 of 3 pages Joint Filer Information Name: Resource Capital Investment Corp. Address: c/o Global Resource Investments Ltd. 7770 El Camino Real Carlsbad, CA 92009 Designated Filer: Exploration Capital Partners 2000 Limited Partnership Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ) Date of Event Requiring Statement: 10/31/02 Signature: Resource Capital Investment Corp. By: /s/ Keith Presnell ------------------------------------------------ Keith Presnell, Chief Financial Officer Additional Explanation of Responses: Resource Capital Investment Corp. is the general partner of the Reporting Person. Page 3 of 3 pages

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