Allegiant Gold Ltd. announced the arrival of a reverse circulation Drill Rig at Eastside and commencement of drilling. Furthermore, the Company is expanding the drill program from the originally planned 12,000 meters to over 14,000 metres. Following up on the recently received permitted area expansion, Allegiant plans to drill up to 30 RC holes in the East Pediment area immediately to the east of the Original Pit Zone to an average depth of 200 metres.

In addition, the Company intends to move the rig to the West Anomaly area of Eastside where approximately 10 RC holes will be drilled to an average depth of 300 metres. The East Pediment drilling targets resistivity highs under shallow, alluvial cover. These resistors have the same geophysical signature as the rhyolite domes hosting most of the gold and silver in the area of past drilling at the Original Pit Zone.

The West Anomaly drilling is targeting geochemical anomalies detected by surface sampling where gold values range from 0.5 g/t - 24 g/t gold with attendant pathfinder trace element signatures. To date, there has been no previous drilling on the East Pediment or the West Anomaly.