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ALLIED GOLD ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH UAE-BASED AMBROSIA INVESTMENT HOLDING AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

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TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2025 /CNW/ - Allied Gold Corporation (TSX: AAUC) (OTCQX: AAUCF) ("Allied" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a strategic partnership (the "Partnership" or the "Transaction") with Ambrosia Investment Holding ("Ambrosia"), a United Arab Emirates-based investment fund, marking a significant move to realizing immediate value from its Sadiola mine in Mali, while significantly bolstering the Company's financial strength and adding an influential partner endorsing Allied's strong growth trajectory.

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The Partnership will leverage the regional, national, and continental understanding and influence of Ambrosia, through the United Arab Emirates in Africa, which will build on Allied's similar competencies, along with Allied's technical and operational expertise, strong public markets knowledge, financial capacity, and strategic capital allocation capabilities to accelerate the Company's growth initiatives, optimize operations, pursue strategic options, and enhance shareholder value. The Transaction recognizes and supports the Company's inherent value proposition and peer-leading growth strategy while endorsing and complementing the Company's efforts in Mali, particularly the ongoing phased expansion of its generational Sadiola mine. Furthermore, the Transaction is expected to provide key regional expertise and broader market support through a strategic partner with meaningful financial participation in the Company. The United Arab Emirates has emerged as Africa's most prominent backer of new business, surpassing China. Emirati companies committed over US$110 billion to projects in the continent between 2019 and 2023, including US$72 billion in renewable energy.

The Transaction estimated aggregate proceeds of over US$500 million, including approximately US$250 million in upfront cash consideration, crystalizes significant upfront value for Allied's shareholders and creates a fortress balance sheet, further improving the Company's financial flexibility. This robust balance sheet underpins Allied's transformational growth plans, including the development of its Kurmuk project in Ethiopia and the ongoing phased expansion at Sadiola in Mali.

Kurmuk is expected to start production in mid-2026 with a target production level of approximately 290,000 gold ounces per annum over the first 4 years and 240,000 gold ounces per annum over the life of mine at industry-leading All-In Sustaining Costs(1) ("AISC"). With Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves of 2.7 million ounces of gold and significant geological upside, the Company is targeting a mine life greater than 15 years driven by an extensive exploration program. The phased expansion approach at Sadiola is driving production increases from approximately 170,000 ounces in 2023 to a mid-term range between 200,000 and 230,000 ounces per year as result of oxide ore feed and the implementation of the first expansion phase later this year. This is followed by a further expansion stage expected to be completed in late 2028, which will target a production level of 400,000 gold ounces per annum over the first 4 years and 300,000 gold ounces per annum over a 19-year mine life based on 7.2 million ounces in Mineral Reserves. The Company is advancing metallurgical and engineering studies to confirm the opportunity to increase production over these life-of-mine levels through the optimization of metallurgical recoveries and a progressive expansion approach. The Partnership also contemplates the provision of a state-of-the-art renewable power solution to Sadiola, which is expected to improve the asset's costs and environmental footprint.