Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On August 15, 2012, Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing that it had received a positive record of decision from the United States Bureau of Land Management authorizing the Company's amended Plan of Operations for the heap leach expansion at the Company's Hycroft mine. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit
No. Exhibit

99.1 Press release of Allied Nevada Gold Corp. dated August 15, 2012.

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