Allegiant Gold Announces Closing of First Tranche of Non-Brokered Private Placement

Vancouver, British Columbia / June 12, 2020 - Allegiant Gold Ltd. (“Allegiant” or the “Company”) (AUAU: TSX-V) (AUXXF: OTCQX) announces that, further to its news release of May 26, 2020, it has closed the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”) issuing a total of 5,164,992 units (the “Units”) at CAD$0.25 per Unit for total gross proceeds of CAD$1,291,248.

Each Unit consists of one common share (the “Shares”) and one-half of one non-transferable common share purchase warrant (the “Warrants”) with each whole Warrant entitling the holder to purchase one Share of the Company at a price of CAD$0.40 per Share for a period of 18 months from the date of closing of the Private Placement, provided that in the event that the closing price of the Company’s Shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange”) (or such other exchange on which the Company’s Shares may become traded) is CAD$0.60 or greater per Share during any ten (10) consecutive trading day period at any time subsequent to four months and one day after the closing date, the Warrants will expire at 4:00 p.m. (Vancouver time) on the 30th day after the date on which the Company provides notice of such accelerated expiry to the holders of the Warrants.

“We are happy to have closed this first tranche of the private placement for non-institutional investors and look forward to closing the remaining amount with our institutional investors,” commented Peter Gianulis, CEO of Allegiant Gold. “We are excited to be executing our 2020 work program and look forward to providing additional updates in the coming weeks,” added Mr. Gianulis.

All securities issued will be subject to a four month hold period pursuant to securities laws in Canada.

The Company intends to use the proceeds from the Private Placement to continue exploration on the Company's flagship Eastside property and general working capital. Specifically, the Company will be focused on expansion of the permitted area around the original pit zone with a goal of resource expansion, testing new high priority target areas to the west and east of the original resource and further increasing investor awareness of Allegiant and the Eastside project.

The Company paid total finder’s fees of $39,600 and 158,400 finder’s warrants (the “Finder’s Warrants”) to Haywood Securities Inc., Beacon Securities Limited, Kernaghan & Partners Ltd., Mackie Research Capital Corporation and Leede Jones Gable Inc.

ABOUT ALLEGIANT

Allegiant owns 100% of 10 highly-prospective gold projects in the United States, 7 of which are located in the mining-friendly jurisdiction of Nevada. Three of Allegiant’s projects are farmed-out, providing for cost reductions and cash-flow. Allegiant’s flagship, district-scale Eastside project hosts a large and expanding gold resource and is located in an area of excellent infrastructure. Preliminary metallurgical testing indicates that both oxide and sulphide gold mineralization at Eastside is amenable to heap leaching.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Peter Gianulis CEO

For more information contact:

Investor Relations
(604) 634-0970 or
1-888-818-1364
ir@allegiantgold.com

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The securities referred to in this news release have not been, nor will they be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent U.S. registration or an applicable exemption from the U.S. registration requirements.

This news release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities for sale, nor a solicitation for offers to buy any securities. Any public offering of securities in the United States must be made by means of a prospectus containing detailed information about the company and management, as well as financial statements.