09:58 AM EST - Timmins Gold Corp. : announced a summary of the results from a recent bulk sample locked column leach testing program on material from the Company's San Francisco Mine (San Francisco deposit and La Chicharra deposit) and tested at METCON Research metallurgical laboratory in Tucson, Arizona in 2012. The column testing results indicate an average gold extraction of 71.0% based on a crush size of 80% of the particles passing 3/8 inch (P80 3/8 inch) and 77.1% based on a crush size of 80% of the particles passing 1/4 inch (P80 1/4 inch) on ore samples from the San Francisco deposit. For La Chicharra ore samples, the column testing results indicate an average gold extraction of 78.3% and 80.9% based on a crush size of P80 3/8 inch and a crush size of P80 1/4 inch, respectively. No percolation issues were observed in the locked cycle tests. Timmins Gold Corp.
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