VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 10, 2009) - Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TMM) is pleased to announce that it has made the first gold pour at its 100%-owned, San Francisco gold mine, located in the northern Mexican State of Sonora. Gold Plant superintendent Medardo Miramontes and Assistant Mine Manager Lucio Romero, under the supervision of Mine Manager Alfredo Barraza poured a 46 kg dore bar which has been assayed by Timmins Gold with a content of 77.93% Au, 19.49% Ag, and 2.58% in other metals. The contained ounces were 1,152.70 ounces of gold and 288.28 ounces of silver. At spot prices of US$1,140 gold and US$17.50 silver, the dore bar has a value of US$1,319,122 (US$1,314,078 of gold and US$5,044 of silver).
For pictures of the gold pour please refer to the Timmins Gold website at www.timminsgold.com.
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