Timmins Gold Establishes Special Committee; Comments on False Assertions

Sets July 31, 2014 as date for Annual General Meeting

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired - June 6, 2014) - Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX:TMM) (NYSE MKT:TGD) ("Timmins Gold" or the "Company") announced today that it has established a special committee of independent directors to oversee the Company's response to Sentry Investments' dissident proxy solicitation and the Company's process of Board renewal. The members of the special committee are Frank Cordova, Paula Rogers (Chair) and Jose Vizquerra.

Specifically, the special committee, with the assistance of Korn Ferry International, is working to identify additional independent director candidates for Timmins' Board, with skills and experience that complement and augment the Board's capabilities. The special committee has also retained Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP as independent legal counsel.

"We responded immediately to Sentry's concerns, seeking to address them privately through constructive action aimed at enhancing the quality and independence of our Board," said Paula Rogers, Chair of the special committee. "This included inviting Sentry to propose director candidates for the Board's consideration as a means to enhancing Timmins' Board and avoiding a costly, distracting and, in our view, counterproductive, proxy contest. We are disappointed that Sentry rejected our good faith efforts and is proceeding with an action that would have the effect of transferring corporate control."

In discussions with Timmins Gold last week, Sentry refused any compromise and, instead, threatened to launch a public proxy contest unless Timmins Gold accepted Sentry's demand for control of the Board.

The Board is engaged in a continual process of renewal, adding four new directors in the past three and half years, including the December 2013 appointment of Mr. Vizquerra, President and CEO of Oban Mining Corp. Mr. Vizquerra has a strong Latin American mining merger and acquisitions background as a former head of project evaluations for Lima, Peru-based Compania de Minas Buenaventura, the largest owner of mining rights in Peru. He also served as a mine geologist with Vancouver-based Goldcorp Inc.

Discussions with several large and small shareholders indicate that shareholders recognize the success of the current Board and management in developing the San Francisco gold mine into a sustainable and profitable producer. Such shareholders have indicated to Timmins Gold that they believe wholesale change to the Board and management is not in the best interests of all shareholders.

Under Timmins Gold's current Board and management, the Company has, among other accomplishments:

- Brought the San Francisco gold mine into production on time and on budget

- Consistently grown production year-over-year, and by more than 150% since starting production in 2010

- Grown reserves by 170%, measured and indicated resources by 170%, and inferred resources by 22 times (all net of depletion) since 2008

- Established and grown a 100% local Mexican operating team, and earned local recognition for its commitment to social responsibility

- Posted significant positive free cash flow for the past three quarters, in a challenging gold price environment

- Carried out an extensive regional prospecting campaign over the past few years which has identified two targets that show potential to host a deposit similar to San Francisco

Ms. Rogers stated, "Timmins Gold has delivered an approximate 390% shareholder return since becoming a public company. We have executed on our strategy to deliver positive cash flow and we have done so in a difficult market environment. We continually strive to improve and optimize our business, including corporate governance, but we do not believe wholesale change is warranted or that it would benefit shareholders. To the contrary, we believe such change would be highly disruptive to our business and would run contrary to shareholders' best interests."


False Assertions

Timmins Gold also responded today to false assertions that management declined to present a takeover offer to the Board, and that Timmins Gold signed confidentiality agreements with potential suitors and then refused to provide such suitors with relevant information. These false assertions seem intended to mislead shareholders and undermine confidence in the Board.

With respect to the false assertion that management failed to bring a takeover proposal to the attention of the Board, the fact is that a potential suitor at one time put forward an indicative non-binding proposal to acquire Timmins Gold. Management immediately brought the proposal to the Board's attention and the potential suitor was granted exclusivity and afforded the opportunity to undertake due diligence, but declined to make a binding offer to acquire Timmins Gold.

With respect to the false assertion that Timmins Gold is denying potential suitors relevant information, the fact is that the Company has provided numerous parties with relevant information under confidentiality agreements. Moreover, the Company has consistently allowed potential acquirers to tour the San Francisco mine.

"The Board is always willing to consider transactions that would benefit the Company and all of its shareholders, but to date the Company has not received a binding takeover bid from any party," said Ms. Rogers. "The Company remains active in exploring and pursuing opportunities to enhance shareholder value and has entered into a number of confidentiality agreements pursuant to which interested parties have been granted due diligence access to the Company. Should the Company receive an offer, the Board will of course consider it in accordance with its fiduciary duties."


Annual Meeting Date

Timmins Gold also today announced that it has scheduled the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on July 31, 2014, with a record date of June 17, 2014. In due course the Company will confirm a specific time and location and will issue a Management Information Circular with all of the appropriate required disclosure, including detailed information about its nominees.

Timmins Gold has retained Laurel Hill Advisory Group to provide strategic proxy advisory services.


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