UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

~~PURSUANT~~ TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OFDate ~~THE~~of ~~SECURITIES~~Report ~~EXCHANGE~~(Date ~~ACT~~of OFearliest ~~1934~~event reported): September 18, 2015

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2015

ALLIED NEVADA GOLD CORP.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	1-33119	20-5597115
(State or Other Jurisdictionof Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

9790 Gateway Drive, Suite 200

Reno, Nevada

89521

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(775) 358-4455

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

n/a

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 17.01. ~~Entry~~Regulation ~~into~~FD ~~a Material Definitive Agreement~~Disclosure.

As previously disclosed, on March 10, 2015, Allied Nevada Gold Corp. (the “Company” or “Allied Nevada”), a Delaware corporation, and certain of its domestic direct and indirect subsidiaries (together with the Company, the “Debtors”) filed voluntary petitions for relief (the “~~Bankruptcy~~Chapter ~~Filing~~11 Cases”) under ~~chapter~~Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). During the pendency of the ~~Bankruptcy~~Chapter ~~Filing~~11 Cases, the Debtors are operating their businesses as debtors-in-possession under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code.

On ~~July~~April 2324, 2015, the Debtors ~~entered~~filed ~~into~~with anthe ~~amended~~Bankruptcy ~~and~~Court ~~restated~~a ~~restructuring~~proposed ~~support~~joint ~~agreement~~chapter ~~(the~~11 ~~“Amended~~plan ~~RSA”)~~of ~~with~~reorganization and related disclosure ~~(i) certain~~statement. ~~holders~~On ofJuly 23, 2015, the ~~Company’s~~Debtors ~~CDN~~filed ~~$400~~with ~~million~~the ~~8.75%~~Bankruptcy ~~senior~~Court ~~unsecured~~a ~~notes~~proposed ~~due~~amended ~~2019,~~joint ~~issued~~chapter by11 ~~Allied~~plan ~~Nevada~~of ~~pursuant~~reorganization toand ~~that~~related ~~certain~~amended ~~indenture~~disclosure ~~dated~~statement. asOn ~~of May~~August 2527, ~~2012~~2015, bythe ~~and~~Debtors ~~between~~filed ~~Allied~~with ~~Nevada~~the ~~and~~Bankruptcy ~~Computershare Trust~~Court ~~Company~~an additional proposed Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of ~~Canada~~Reorganization (the “Amended Plan”) and related Amended Disclosure Statement (iithe “Amended Disclosure Statement”) . The Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the Amended ~~Company’s~~Disclosure ~~secured~~Statement ~~bank~~on ~~lenders~~August 28, 2015.

On September 1718, 2015, the Debtors ~~obtained~~filed awith ~~waiver~~the Bankruptcy Court a supplement (the “~~Waiver~~Plan Supplement”) ~~from~~to the ~~Requisite~~Amended ~~Consenting~~Plan. ~~Noteholders~~The Plan Supplement includes draft versions of certain documents (asthe ~~defined~~“Documents”) inrelated to the Amended ~~RSA)~~Plan and ~~the~~referenced ~~Requisite~~therein, ~~Secured~~including, ~~Lenders~~among other things, (asi) forms ~~defined~~of inamended ~~the~~organizational ~~Amended~~documents ~~RSA~~for certain Debtors; (ii) a form of new first lien term loan credit agreement, ~~providing~~(iii) a ~~that~~form ~~they~~of ~~shall~~new ~~grant~~intercreditor ~~all~~agreement, ~~waivers~~(iv) a ~~and~~form ~~consents~~of ~~that~~note ~~may~~purchase beagreement, ~~necessary~~(v) a orform of ~~required~~new ~~under~~second ~~the~~lien ~~Amended~~convertible ~~RSA~~notes toindenture, ~~waive~~(vi) a ~~the~~form ~~Creditor~~of ~~Party~~new ~~Termination~~warrant ~~Event~~agreement ~~arising~~and ~~under~~form ~~Section~~of new warrant, (vii) 5a list of the reorganized Debtors’ directors and officers, (viii) a schedule of retained causes of actions, (ix) a schedule of assumed executory contracts and unexpired leases to be assumed by Debtors, (vix) a form of ~~the~~stockholders ~~Amended~~agreement, ~~RSA~~(xi) a asform of management incentive plan, (xii) a ~~result~~form of ~~the~~post-emergence ~~Bankruptcy~~key ~~Court~~employee ~~granting~~retention plan, ~~relief~~and ~~terminating~~(xiii) the identities of the ~~automatic~~creditor ~~stay~~representative ~~(as~~and ~~set~~new ~~forth~~warrant inrepresentative. ~~section~~The ~~362~~Debtors of reserve the ~~Bankruptcy~~right ~~Code)~~to ~~with~~add ~~respect~~additional documents to ~~those~~the ~~assets~~Plan ~~set~~Supplement ~~forth~~or onto ~~Schedule~~alter, amend, modify or supplement any of the Documents. A copy of the Plan Supplement, as filed, is attached hereto as Exhibit 1099.1 ~~attached~~and ~~hereto~~is incorporated herein by reference.

~~The~~This ~~foregoing description of the Waiver is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Waiver attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference. Please see the Company’s~~ Current Report on Form 8-K ~~filed~~is ~~with~~not ~~the~~intended ~~SEC~~to ~~on July 29~~be, ~~2015~~nor ~~for~~should ~~further information~~it onbe construed as, ~~and~~a solicitation for a ~~copy~~vote ~~of,~~on the Amended ~~RSA~~Plan.

~~Item~~The ~~8.01.~~Plan ~~Other~~Supplement ~~Events~~shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is not otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

On March 12, 2015, in connection with the Bankruptcy Filing, the Company entered into a Secured Multiple Draw Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement (as amended by that certain Waiver and Amendment No. 1, dated as of May 7, 2015, that certain Waiver No. 2, dated as of June 8, 2015, and as further amended, waived or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “DIP Credit Agreement”), among the Company, as borrower, the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company party thereto from time to time, as guarantors (together with the Company, the “Obligors”), Wilmington Savings Funds Society, FSB, as administrative agent and collateral agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto. On September 17, 2015, the Company was informed that majority DIP lenders agreed to waive any default or event of default and any anticipated default or event of default arising solely under Section 13.1(w)(i)(D), Section 13.1(w)(x) and Section 13.1(w)(xix) of the DIP Credit Agreement directly as a result of any non-payment of certain capital lease obligations of the Obligors and the lifting of the automatic stay, in each case, solely with respect to the same assets that are set forth on Schedule A of Exhibit 10.1 attached hereto.

2Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

OnThis ~~September~~report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 1827A of the Securities Act, ~~2015~~the Exchange Act (and the equivalent under Canadian securities laws) and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (the “PSLRA”) or in releases made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, all as may be amended from time to time. This cautionary statement is being made pursuant to the ~~Company~~Securities ~~was~~Act, ~~informed~~the Exchange Act and the PSLRA with the intention of obtaining the benefit of the “safe harbor” provisions of such laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included herein or incorporated by reference, that address activities, ~~effective~~events ~~September~~or 11developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future, ~~2015~~are forward-looking statements. Generally, these forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “estimate”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “intend”, “believe”, “project”, “target”, “budget”, ~~majority~~“may”, ~~DIP~~“can”, ~~lenders~~“will”, ~~agreed~~“would”, “could”, “should”, “seeks”, or “scheduled to”, ~~waive~~or ~~any~~other ~~default~~similar words, or ~~event~~negatives of ~~default~~these terms or other variations of these terms or comparable language or any discussion of strategy or intentions. Forward-looking statements address activities, events or developments that Allied Nevada expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, and are based on current expectations and assumptions. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any ~~anticipated~~results, ~~default~~performance or ~~event~~achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, and include, but are not limited to the potential adverse effect of ~~default~~the ~~arising~~Chapter ~~solely~~11 ~~out~~Cases on the Debtors’ business, financial condition or results of ~~non-compliance~~operations, including the Debtors’ ability to maintain contracts and other business relationships that are critical to the Debtors’ business and the actions and decisions of the Debtors’ creditors and other third parties with ~~Section~~ interests in the Chapter 11~~.1(jj)~~ Cases; the Debtors’ ability to conduct the Chapter 11 Cases on the terms set forth herein; the Debtors’ ability to maintain adequate liquidity to fund the Debtors’ operations during the Chapter 11 Cases and to fund a plan of reorganization and thereafter, including obtaining sufficient debtor in possession financing and exit financing; whether the ~~DIP~~holders ~~Credit~~of ~~Agreement~~the Debtors’ liabilities and/or securities receive any value for their interests; whether the Documents will be altered, amended, ~~solely~~modified or supplemented and whether any additional documents will be added to the Plan Supplement; the Debtors’ ability to obtain Bankruptcy Court approval with respect to motions in the ~~Obligors’~~ ~~failure~~Chapter 11 Cases prosecuted from time to ~~complete~~time, including ~~construction~~approval of the ~~Hycroft~~Amended ~~Demonstration~~Plan ~~Plant~~and ~~(as~~the ~~defined~~Documents; ~~therein)~~and ~~within~~other ~~six~~factors ~~(6) months~~discussed ~~after~~in Allied Nevada’s filings with the ~~Closing~~SEC ~~Date~~including Allied Nevada’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and its other recent SEC filings (asand ~~defined~~Canadian ~~therein~~filings). ~~and~~Although atAllied aNevada ~~cost~~has ~~not~~attempted ~~greater~~to ~~than~~identify $2important factors that could cause actual results,~~500~~ performance or achievements to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements,~~000;~~ ~~provided~~there may be other factors that cause results, performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such ~~waiver~~statements will ~~cease~~ prove to be ~~effective~~accurate, ifas ~~the~~actual ~~construction~~results, ofperformance ~~Hycroft~~and ~~Demonstration~~achievements ~~Plant~~and future isevents could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not ~~completed~~place undue reliance on orforward-looking ~~prior~~statements. The Company does not intend to ~~October 12,~~publicly ~~2015~~update orany ~~the~~forward-looking ~~cost~~statements, whether ofas ~~completing~~a ~~the~~result ~~Hycroft~~of ~~Demonstration~~new ~~Plant~~information, ~~exceeds~~future $3events,~~000~~ or otherwise,~~000~~ except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

~~Please~~3 ~~see the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 10, 2015 for further information on, and a copy of, the DIP Credit Agreement.~~

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

ExhibitNo.		Exhibit
Exhibit No.		Exhibit
Exhibit 10.1		Waiver to Amended and Restated Restructuring Support Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2015
Exhibit 99.1		Notice of Filing of Plan Supplement for the Debtors’ Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization, filed September 18, 2015

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: September 21, 2015	Allied Nevada Gold Corp.
		Allied Nevada Gold Corp.
	By:	/s/ Stephen M. Jones
Dated: September 22, 2015		By:	/s/ Stephen M. Jones
		Stephen M. Jones
			Stephen M. Jones Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

4Exhibit Index

Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.		Exhibit

Exhibit 99.1		Notice of Filing of Plan Supplement for the Debtors’ Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization, filed September 18, 2015

ExhibitNo.		Exhibit
Exhibit 10.1		Waiver to Amended and Restated Restructuring Support Agreement, dated as of September 17, 2015

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