Timmins Gold Announces Appointment of New Director and Chair of Audit Committee
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/03/11 -- Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX: TMM) ('Timmins Gold') is pleased to announce the appointment of Paula Rogers, CA as a member of our Board of Directors, and the Chair of the audit committee, effective immediately.
Ms. Rogers is a Chartered Accountant and brings over 15 years experience working for Canadian-based international public companies in the areas of treasury operations, tax planning and compliance, mergers and acquisitions and financial reporting. She has extensive experience in multi-million dollar financings in the Canadian and US bank and public debt markets. Ms. Rogers is also currently the CFO of TSXV-listed Castle Peak Mining Ltd. She has served as an officer of other public companies including Vice-President, Treasurer of NYSE-listed Goldcorp Inc. and Treasurer of Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.
'We are pleased to welcome to our Board a director with Ms. Rogers' qualifications and experience. Her involvement with our team will help in the ongoing growth of Timmins Gold' stated Bruce Bragagnolo, CEO of Timmins Gold. 'Her track record in the mining industry and experience with Goldcorp and Wheaton River through their remarkable growth periods will be a valuable asset to Timmins Gold at this exciting time in our development.'
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About Timmins Gold
Focused solely in Mexico, Timmins Gold Corp is in commercial gold production at its wholly owned San Francisco gold mine in Sonora, Mexico. The mine is a past-producing open pit heap leach operation. Timmins Gold has forecast production at a rate in excess of 100,000 ounces of gold per year at a life of mine cash cost of approximately U.S. $489 per ounce. (Micon International NI 43-101F1 Technical Report dated November, 2010).
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Contacts:
Timmins Gold Corp.
Bruce Bragagnolo
CEO and Director
604-638-8980
bruce@timminsgold.com
www.timminsgold.com