TORONTO, July 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Allied Gold Corporation (TSX: AAUC, NYSE: AAUC) (“Allied” or the “Company”) announces that the previously announced arrangement agreement between the Company and Zijin Gold International Company Ltd. (“Zijin Gold”) (the “Arrangement Agreement”) has been terminated as both companies have concluded that there is no reasonable likelihood that the conditions relating to completion of the Transaction will be fulfilled by the outside date of July 29, 2026 (the “Outside Date”) or within any reasonable time thereafter. The Company, however, announces that Zijin Gold has agreed to make a strategic investment in Allied of approximately US$295 million, at a subscription price representing a premium to the current market price of the Company’s common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”).