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ALLEGIANT Announces Management Changes

Management Changes

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NEWS RELEASE

ALLEGIANT Announces Management Changes

Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 19, 2019 , Allegiant Gold Ltd. (“ALLEGIANT”) (AUAU: TSX -V)

(AUXXF: OTCQX) is pleased to provide the first of two corporate update s. A current corporate

presentation is also available at the following link:

www.allegiantgold.com/en/investor/presentations/

MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Given the improved markets for gold equities, the Board believes that it is an appropriate time for a

transition in the management team, and to a CEO that will be focused on the business of ALLEGIANT.

Effective September 16, 2019, Peter Gianulis has been appointed CEO ; Robert Giustra will remain as

Chairman. ALLEGIANT remains committed to maintaining an efficient cost structure. Significant savings

will result from combining certain rolls; as such effective October 1, 2019 Sean McGrath will be

appointed CFO and Corporate Secretary, replacing Andrew Yau and Daniela Freitas respectively.

Russell Ball has resigned as a director effective September 30, 2019, to take on the CEO role at Calibre

Mining Corp. Mr. Ball will be replaced by Shawn Nichols.

Peter Gianulis

Mr. Peter Gianulis has spent the past twenty -three years in the natural resource sector

having founded Carrelton Asset Management, a private equity and asset management firm

that inv ests in the small cap natural resource sector . Prior to founding Carrelton, he was a

Partner of Saranac Capital Management, a NYC -based hedge fund with over US$4 billion in

assets under management . He has assisted numerous companies raise over $200 million in

capital over the past 15 years and has a deep knowledge of precious metals mining in the

Americas. Mr. Gianulis graduated with an MBA from Cornell University and a BA from the

University of Cali fornia at San Diego.

Sean McGrath

Mr. Sean McGrath is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CGA) in Canada and a Certified

Public Accountant (Illinois) in the United States of America. He has spent more than 20 years

providing financial management and consulting services to publicly traded companies, with

primary emphasis in the natural resources sector . In his capacity he has been responsible for

corporate strategy, in all aspects of accounting and finance, planning and forecasting, treasury,

and internal and external reporting, internal controls and tax. Mr. McGrath has held senior

Allegiant Gold Ltd.

1090 Hamilton Street

Vancouver, BC V6B 2R9, Canada

www.allegiantgold.com

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executive positions with numerous publicly traded companies throughout his career, and he is

currently a Director of several TSX Venture Exchange listed companies.

Shawn Nichols

Mr. Shawn Nichols has over 30 years of experience in capital markets having worked as Senior

Investment Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary for Citibank Canada . Mr. Nichols also

served as Director of Capital Markets for Scotia Capital Inc., from 2002-2014. He holds a Master

of Laws Degree from Boston University and Bache lor of Laws Degree from Osgoode Hall Law

School in Toronto, Ontario.

Peter Gianulis, Director and Chief Executive Officer of ALLEGIANT, commented, “On behalf of the

Board of Directors, I would like to thank Russell, Robert, Andrew and Daniela for their commitment and

to their contributions in forming, and advancing the business of ALLEGIANT to this juncture. We look

forward to taking ALLEGIANT to its next stage of development.”

SHARE STRUCTURE and STOCK OPTIONS

ALLEGIANT presently has only 61,843,850 shares outstanding, of which approximately 60% is

institutionally and corporately held. ALLEGIANT has granted Mr. Gianulis, Mr. McGrath and Mr. Nichols

the right to purchase up to 500,000, 300,000 and 200,000 common shares of ALLEGIANT, respectively,

with an exercise price of $0.10 per share for a period of five years.

In support of the corporate changes, certain directors of ALLEGIANT have forfeited an aggregate of

3,000,000 stock options of ALLEGIANT effective immediately.

Further information regarding ALLEGIANT can be found at www.allegiantgold.com.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD,

Robert F. Giustra

Chairman

For more information contact:

Investor Relations

(604) 634-0970 or

1-888-818-1364

[email protected]

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange)

accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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Certain statements and information contained in this press release constitute "forward -looking statements" within the

meaning of applicable U.S. securities laws and "forward -looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian

securities laws, wh ich are referred to collectively as "forward -looking statements". The United States Private Securities

Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe harbor" for certain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements

are statements and information regarding possible events, conditions or results of operations that are based upon

assumptions about future economic conditions and courses of action. All statements and information other than statements

of historical fact may be forward -looking statements. In some cases, forward -looking statements can be identified by the

use of words such as "seek", "expect", "anticipate", "budget", "plan", "estimate", "continue", "forecast", "intend", "believe",

"predict", "potential", "target", "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" and similar words or phrases (including negative

variations) suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Forward -looking statements in this and other

press releases include, but are not limited to statements and information regarding: the evaluation of options to form a new

exploration team or related M&A; Allegiant's property holding costs savings or income generated from optioning out certain

properties; Allegiant's drilling and exploration plans for its properties, incl uding farming out, anticipated costs , updating

resources estimates and timing thereof; Allegiant's plans for growth through exploration activities, acquisitions or otherwise;

and expectations regarding future cost savings, maintenance and capital expenditures, and working capital requirements.

Such forward -looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions and involve known and

unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual r esults, performance or achievements, or industry

results, to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. You are cautioned not to place undue

reliance on forward -looking statements contained in this press release. Some of the known risks and other factors which

could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward -looking statements are described in the

sections entitled "Risk Factors" in Allegiant's Listing Application, dated January 24, 2018, as filed with the TSX Venture

Exchange and available on SEDAR under Allegiant's profile at www.sedar.com. Actual results and future events could differ

materially from those anticipated in such statements. Allegiant undertakes no obligation to update or r evise any forward-

looking statements included in this press release if these beliefs, estimates and opinions or other circumstances should

change, except as otherwise required by applicable law.