95,000 Hectare Claim Block Staked Between Timmins Gold's San Francisco Mine and Capital Gold's El Chanate Mine
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 23, 2011) - Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TMM) announces that it has staked an additional 95,000 hectares of claims along the highly prospective Sonora-Mojave Megashear structural province of northern Sonora, Mexico. The claims have been staked along a 65 km corridor between Timmins Gold's San Francisco gold mine and the El Chanate gold mine of Capital Gold Corp.
The claims were staked based on Timmins Gold's geological understanding of the Megashear which has been gained from geological, geochemical, and geophysical surveys along with experience gained from operational and exploration success at the producing San Francisco gold mine and surrounding areas.
Timmins Gold's semi contiguous claims which lie along the Sonora-Mojave Megashear now total approximately 165,000 hectares. For a map showing the Timmins Gold claims along the Megashear please go to the Timmins Gold website at www.timminsgold