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Capital Stock
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Capital Stock [Abstract]  
Capital Stock
8. Capital Stock

Common shares issued and outstanding

   
Number of
shares issued
  
Common stock
 
As of December 31, 2011
  71,503,883  $380,119 
Exercises of compensation options
  225,000   733 
As of March 31, 2012
  71,728,883  $380,852 

Public Offering, April 2011

On April 20, 2011, GMP Securities L.P. and Wellington West Capital Markets Inc. (collectively, the "Underwriters") purchased 9,000,000 of our common shares at a price of C$3.30 ($3.43 based on the exchange rate on April 20, 2011) per common share (the "Issue Price") for aggregate gross proceeds of C$29,700 ($30,870 based on the exchange rate on April 20, 2011) (the "Offering").  Net cash proceeds after legal and regulatory fees were $28,984.  Also, in connection with the Offering, we issued 450,000 compensation options to the Underwriters with a fair value of $588 (see Note 9).  The common shares were sold by way of a prospectus supplement to our existing base shelf prospectus dated April 27, 2009 and filed with the securities commissions in all of the provinces and territories of Canada (other than the Province of Québec) and in the United States by way of a prospectus supplement to our shelf prospectus included in our shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on April 28, 2009.  On May 20, 2011, an over-allotment option expired unexercised.  On March 13, 2012, Wellington exercised 225,000 of the aforementioned compensation options and received 225,000 shares of Vista Gold Corp. at a price of $733.