---------------------------- 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(h) 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 or Type Responses) ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Rule Arthur Richards -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) N/A ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year January 10, 2003 ________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ================================================================================

~~FORM~~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 1/10/03 S 30,000 D $5.715 70,000 I * ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 930,007 I ** ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

* By Rule Investments, Inc. ** By Exploration Capital Partners 2000 Limited Partnership 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). Persons who 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) ================================================================================

□9. ~~Check~~Number ~~this~~10. ~~box~~of Owner- deriv- ship ative Form 2. Secur- of Conver- 5. 7. ities Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Bene- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ficially Secur- of Exer- 3A. 4. Securities Date Securities Price Owned ity: In- cise Deemed Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Follow- Direct direct Price 3. Execut- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ing (D) or Bene- 1. of Trans- ion Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported In- ficial Title of Deriv- action Date if no(Instr. ~~longer~~ (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- Trans- direct Owner- Derivative ative Date any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- (mm/dd/ (mm/dd/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity yy) yy) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

Explanation of Responses: Arthur Richards Rule By: /s/ Keith Presnell January 14, 2003 ---------------------------------- ---------------- Keith Presnell, Attorney-in-Fact 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, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. Page 2 of 3 pages Joint Filer Information Name: Rule Family Trust u/d/t 12/17/98 Address: c/o Global Resource Investments Ltd. 7770 El Camino Real Carlsbad, CA 92009 Designated Filer: Arthur Richards Rule Issuer and Ticker Symbol: Vista Gold Corp. (VGZ) Date of Event Requiring Statement: 1/10/03 Signature: Rule Family Trust u/d/t 12/17/98 By: /s/ Keith Presnell ------------------------------------ Keith Presnell, Attorney-in-Fact for Arthur Richards Rule, Trustee Additional Explanation of Responses: Rule Family Trust is a revocable trust established by the Reporting Person. Page 3 of 3

subject to Section 16. Form 4 or

Form 5 Obligations may continue. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

See Instruction 1(b)

Washington, D.C. 20549

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

(Print or Type Response)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* QUEST INVESTMENT CORPORATION (formerly “Stockscape.com Technologies Inc.”)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VISTA GOLD CORP. (VGZ)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director _X 10% Owner Officer (give Other (specify title below) below)

(Last) (First) (Middle) Suite 300, 570 Granville Street

3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)

4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 01/10/2003

(Street) Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 3P1

5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

(City) (State) (Zip)

Table I – Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially owned

7. Individual or Joint/Group (Check Applicable Line) X Form Filed by One Reporting Person ___Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)

1. 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

2 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

2. 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

3. 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

1 . Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)

2. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

3. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

Amount

(A) or (D)

Price

COMMON SHARES

01/10/2002

280,000

$5.13 US per share (1)

300,000 (2)

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Form 4 (Continued)

Table II – Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. 1.Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

1 . 2.Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

2. 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

3. 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) Code V

4. 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) (A) or (D)

1. 6.Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

2. 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

3. 8. Price of Deriv-ative Security (Instr. 5)

4. 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

5. 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Securities: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Expiry Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

1. 2.

Warrants (right to buy)

$1.50 (2)

N/A

04/26/2002

02/01/2007

Common Shares

1,000,000(2)

N/A

1,000,000

N/A

Explanation of Responses: (1) Sales price was $7.94 Canadian per share, equivalent to approximately $5.13 US per share, as of December 31, 2002. (2) Amounts shown has been adjusted to reflect the consolidation of the common shares of Vista Gold Corp. on a 1 for 20 basis effective June 19, 2002.

QUEST INVESTMENT CORPORATION

Signed: "Brian E. Bayley" January 13, 2003 ________________________________________________ _______________________

**Signature of Reporting Person

Date

BY:

BRIAN E. BAYLEY,

AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

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).

** 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, one of which must be manually signed. If space 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.

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