LEADING INDEPENDENT ADVISORY FIRMS ISS AND GLASS LEWIS RECOMMEND THAT SSR MINING AND ALACER GOLD SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE MATTERS PROPOSED IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED MERGER

VANCOUVER, BC & DENVER, CO – SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ: SSRM) (TSX: SSRM) (“SSR Mining”) and Alacer Gold Corp. (TSX: ASR) (ASX: AQG) (“Alacer”) are pleased to announce that Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) have both recommended that shareholders vote FOR the matters to be voted on at the applicable meetings (the “Meetings”) in connection with their previously announced at-market merger of equals pursuant to a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Yukon) (the “Transaction”). The SSR Meeting will be held online at 9:00 a.m. (PDT) on July 10, 2020 in a virtual-only format conducted by live audio webcast. The Alacer Meeting will be held online at 12:00 p.m. noon (MDT) on July 10, 2020 in a virtual-only format conducted by live audio webcast.