Timmins Gold

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2010) - Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:TMM) ("Timmins" or the "Company") is pleased to report on its first ever operating and financial results since commercial operations at its flagship San Francisco Mine commenced on April 1, 2010. All currency in this report is in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated.

The major highlights for the three months ended June 30, 2010 include the following:

-- Commercial operations were deemed to commence on April 1, 2010 following a commissioning period of less than five months; -- The San Francisco Mine averaged a mining rate of 1.7 million tonnes per month during this first quarter of commercial operations and on average 301,765 tonnes of ore were placed on the leach pads (or 10,059 tonnes per day); -- The Company produced and sold 11,299 ounces of gold and 6,696 ounces of silver, realizing gross proceeds of $14.3 million; -- The San Francisco Mine generated net profit before tax of approximately $1.9 million and cash flow from operations of $1.4 million during its first quarter of operations. -- Operating costs, excluding depreciation, at the San Francisco Mine were $13.67(US $13.30) per tonne placed on leach pads or $946 (US $920) per ounce produced and sold, net of by-product credits. These costs are on line to reduce to $520 per ounce by year end and to reach the $420 per ounce life of mine projections. -- For the calendar year, the Company has produced and sold 16,619 ounces of gold and 10,374 ounces of silver, realizing gross revenue of $22.6 million; -- In April, as a result of the first phase of this year's exploration program the Company announced an increase in the resources at the San Francisco Mine of 25%; -- For the three months ended June 30, 2008, the Company reported a net loss of $4.1 million or $0.03 per share compared to a loss of $0.8 million or $0.01 per share for the comparable quarter in 2009; the Company recognized interest expense and a loss on the embedded derivative in connection with the gold loan financing (both of which were non-cash items) of $5.0 million or an amount in excess of the total loss for the quarter; -- The loss on the embedded derivative is measured by the product of the change in the quarter ending gold prices, adjusted for foreign exchange and time value of money considerations; -- For the three months ended June 30, 2010 cash flow from operating activities was $605,010 compared to a use of cash of $324,116 for the three months ended June 30, 2009; and -- The Company reported net income from operations of $0.9 million for the recently completed quarter. CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

For the three months ended June 30, 2010, Timmins reported a net loss of $4,090,157 or $0.03 per share on revenue of $14,332,597. This compared to a net loss of $804,330 or $0.01 per share during the three months ended June 30, 2009, a period during which development of the San Francisco Mine had not yet commenced. The financial performance of the Company benefitted from continued strong gold prices and a successful and improving operating performance at the San Francisco Mine offset by expenses recognized on the gold loan.

Cost of goods sold totaled $10,845,997 or $945.89 per ounce of gold sold, net of by-product credits. Depreciation and amortization was $1,215,903 or $107.62 per ounce of gold sold. General and administration costs (including non-cash stock based compensation expense of $553,013) were $1,326,537 for the current quarter, compared to $1,236,190 for the comparable quarter in 2009. In the comparable quarter for 2009, stock based compensation expense was only $49,023.

The asset retirement obligation was $30,741 (2009:$3,621) and other miscellaneous expenses were $2,652, relating to abandoning the Tequila property in March 2010.

During the quarter, the requirement to fair value the embedded derivative in the gold loan resulted in a non-cash expense of $2,599,745 a result of the price of gold increasing by $128.50 per ounce between March 31, 2010 and June 30, 2010. However, the non-cash loss on the embedded derivative is mitigated by the fact that this financial instrument did not require the hedging of any production in late 2009 when gold prices are lower than they are today. The interest expense on the gold loan for the quarter was $2,413,778, and it was also a non-cash item this quarter as repayment of the gold loan does not commence until the end of August 2010.

THE SAN FRANCISCO MINE

The table below illustrates certain key operating statistics for the San Francisco Mine for the three months ended June 30, 2010. There were no comparable statistics to report for the three months ended June 30, 2009.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- April May June Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Waste mined (mt) 1,431,434 1,295,774 1,350,360 4,077,568 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ore mined (mt) 317,997 288,096 299,203 905,296 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ore grade (g/t) 0.628 0.732 0.800 0.718 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gold sold (oz) 2,309 3,941 5,049 11,299 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Silver sold 1,433 2,372 2,891 6,696 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating cost per tonne (C$) 12.85 13.77 14.43 13.67 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

During the first six months of this calendar year the Company has made a number of significant improvements to the operating performance and the operating life of the San Francisco Mine. The most notable achievements include:

-- In April a 25% increase in the mineral resources was announced based solely on the first phase of the calendar year 2010 drill program; -- Significant improvements to grade control in the pit were implemented; -- The mining contractor brought another drill onto the property to expand production; -- To further improve mining productivity and reduce costs the mining contractor has agreed to supplement the existing fleet with two additional drills (one of which is on-site), three additional haul trucks, and one more shovel; and -- Operations are seeing continued improvements in tonnes mined per day and ore placed on leach pads per day, increasing from 7,912 tonnes processed per day during the January to March quarter to 10,059 tonnes per day in this quarter. ABOUT TIMMINS

Focused mainly in Mexico, Timmins Gold Corp. is now a producer of gold with its recent commissioning of the San Francisco Mine in Sonora, Mexico. In addition, the Company has a number of other properties in Mexico on which it will conduct on-going exploration.

This News Release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements which relate to future events. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "should", "expects", "plans, "anticipates", believes", "estimates", "predicts", "potential", or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our or our industry's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. While these forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of our business, actual results will almost always vary, sometimes materially, from any estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions or other future performance suggestions herein. Except as required by applicable law, Timmins Gold does not intend to update any forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

NOTICE OF AUDITOR'S REVIEW OF

INTERIM CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Under National Instrument 51-102, Part 4, subsection 4.3 (3) (a), if an auditor has not performed a review of the interim financial statements, they must be accompanied by a notice indicating that an auditor has not reviewed the financial statements.

The accompanying unaudited financial statements of the Company have been prepared by and are the responsibility of the Company's management.

The Company's independent auditor has not performed a review of these financial statements in accordance with standards established by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants for a review of interim financial statements by an entity's auditor.

TIMMINS GOLD CORP. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (in Canadian dollars) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 30, 2010 March 31, 2010 (Unaudited) (Audited) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSETS ------ Current Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,364,079 $ 2,694,825 Accounts receivable (Note 3) 7,448,183 6,319,583 Inventory (Note 4) 8,190,866 6,420,154 Prepaid expenses 527,730 655,704 Due from related party (Note 7) 79,200 92,656 -------------------------------- 21,610,058 16,182,922 Equipment (Note 5) 25,155,762 24,397,467 Resource properties (Note 6) 43,153,726 41,698,893 -------------------------------- $ 89,919,546 $ 82,279,282 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 5,362,420 $ 4,403,822 Vendor loan (Note 5) 1,808,490 1,758,120 Current portion of long-term debt (Note 10) 15,789,046 8,045,163 -------------------------------- 22,959,956 14,207,105 Future income tax 3,947,011 3,967,061 Long term debt (Note 10) 5,285,469 8,088,563 Other long term liabilities 1,082,605 1,035,590 Asset retirement obligation (Note 9) 972,210 929,382 -------------------------------- 34,247,251 28,227,701 -------------------------------- Shareholders' equity Share capital (Note 8) 58,705,648 52,271,066 Convertible preference shares (Note 8) 13,586,780 13,586,780 Warrants (Note 8) 1,745,449 2,876,305 Contributed surplus (Note 8) 4,180,910 3,773,765 Deficit (22,546,492) (18,456,335) -------------------------------- 55,672,295 54,051,581 -------------------------------- $ 89,919,546 $ 82,279,282 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nature and continuance of operations (Note 1) Commitments and contingencies (Note 13) Subsequent events (Note 15) The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. TIMMINS GOLD CORP. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (Unaudited in Canadian dollars, except for per share amounts) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three months ended June 30, 2010 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Metal Revenues $ 14,332,597 $ - Expenses: Cost of sales 10,845,997 - Amortization and depreciation 1,215,903 15,560 Asset write down 2,652 - Corporate and administrative 773,524 1,187,167 Accretion of reclamation liability 30,741 3,621 Stock-based compensation (Note 8) 553,013 49,023 ---------------------------------- Income (Loss) From Operations 910,767 (1,255,371) Other Income / (Expenses): Other income / (expenses) 6,060 820 Interest expense, net (2,477,272) (67,190) Foreign exchange gain / (loss) 70,033 517,411 Loss on embedded derivatives (2,599,745) - ---------------------------------- Income (loss) before taxes (4,090,157) (804,330) Income tax expense - - ---------------------------------- Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) for the period $ (4,090,157) $ (804,330) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Loss per share - basic and diluted $ (0.03) $ (0.01) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic and diluted 130,934,846 80,033,913 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. TIMMINS GOLD CORP. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited in Canadian dollars) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three months ended June 30, 2010 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CASH FLOWS TO OPERATING ACTIVITIES Loss for the year $ (4,090,157) $ (804,330) Items not affecting cash: Accretion of reclamation liability 30,741 3,621 Accretion of vendor loan - 67,190 Amortization of equipment 1,215,903 15,560 Accrued interest on long-term debt 2,412,015 - Loss on embedded derivative 2,599,745 - Stock-based compensation 553,013 49,023 Unrealized foreign exchange gain 16,091 (426,989) Asset write downs 2,652 - ---------------------------------- 2,740,003 (1,095,925) Changes in non-cash working capital items: Accounts receivable (1,126,239) (307,665) Inventory (1,770,712) - Prepaid expenses (185,603) 35,531 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 934,105 1,078,492 Due from related parties 13,456 (34,549) ---------------------------------- Cash flows provided by (used) in operating activities 605,010 (324,116) ---------------------------------- CASH FLOWS PROVIDED (USED) BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES Shares issued for cash 5,157,857 12,745,024 Share issue costs - (625,056) ---------------------------------- Cash flows provided by financing activities 5,157,857 12,119,968 ---------------------------------- CASH FLOWS USED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES Purchase of equipment (1,335,037) (2,680,436) Expenditures on resource properties (1,758,576) (1,745,193) ---------------------------------- Cash flows used in investing activities (3,093,613) (4,425,629) ---------------------------------- Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents during the year 2,669,254 7,370,223 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 2,694,825 700,104 ---------------------------------- Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 5,364,079 $ 8,070,327 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Supplemental disclosure with respect to cash flows (Note 11) The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements