AMG

Timminco Limited ("Timminco") (TSX:TIM) announced today that its Board of
Directors has appointed Mr. Douglas A. Fastuca as the new Chief Executive
Officer of Timminco. Dr. Heinz C. Schimmelbusch has concurrently relinquished
his position as Chief Executive Officer of Timminco, which position he has held
since August 2007. Dr. Schimmelbusch will remain in his position as Chairman of
the Board of Timminco, which he has held since April 2003.


Mr. Fastuca was previously Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, of AMG
Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. ("AMG"), which is a significant shareholder of
Timminco. Through his prior position at AMG, and since initially joining AMG in
February 2008, Mr. Fastuca has worked closely with Dr. Schimmelbusch and has
gained extensive experience with Timminco's business and affairs, including its
solar grade silicon activities. As a result, the transition of the duties and
responsibilities of Timminco's Chief Executive Officer is expected to be
seamless. Mr. Fastuca has relinquished all of his duties and responsibilities at
AMG, so that he can focus all of his time and efforts on his new executive
leadership role at Timminco.


Timminco also recently appointed Mr. Julien Y. Crisnaire as General Manager of
Timminco Solar, a division of Timminco's wholly-owned subsidiary Becancour
Silicon Inc. In this role, Mr. Crisnaire has assumed all operational
responsibilities for Timminco's solar grade silicon operations. Since April
2008, Mr. Crisnaire has worked in various roles within Corporate Development at
AMG, and also as Operations Director of AMG Conversion Ltd. In such roles, Mr.
Crisnaire was instrumental in developing and implementing AMG's business
strategy in respect of the solar industry, and has also worked closely with
Timminco to co-ordinate efforts between the two companies regarding sales of
solar grade silicon and production of ingots, bricks and wafers. As such, Mr.
Crisnaire is well positioned to oversee continuous improvements to Timminco
Solar's proprietary purification process, expansion of its customer base, and
preparation for an intended restart of commercial production of Timminco Solar's
solar grade silicon product at Becancour.


ABOUT TIMMINCO

Timminco produces silicon metal for the chemical (silicones), aluminum and
electronics/solar industries, through its majority owned joint venture with Dow
Corning, known as Quebec Silicon. Timminco is also a producer of solar grade
silicon, using its proprietary technology for purifying silicon metal, for the
solar photovoltaic energy industry, through its wholly owned subsidiary
Becancour Silicon.


CAUTIONARY NOTES

This news release contains "forward-looking information," as such term is
defined in applicable Canadian securities legislation, concerning Timminco's
future financial or operating performance and other statements that express
management's expectations or estimates of future developments, circumstances or
results. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of
forward-looking terminology such as "expects", "believes", "anticipates",
"budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "plans" and
variations of such words and phrases, or by statements that certain actions,
events or results "may", "will", "could", "would" or "might" "be taken", "occur"
or "be achieved". In this news release, such information includes statements
regarding the transition of the duties and responsibilities of the Chief
Executive Officer, and Timminco Solar.


Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and estimates
that, while considered reasonable by management based on the business and
markets, in which Timminco operates, are inherently subject to significant
operational, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Timminco
cautions that forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause Timminco's actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or
implied by such information, including, but not limited to: liquidity risks;
foreign currency exchange rates; equipment failures, downtime or inefficiencies;
dependence upon power supply for silicon metal production; pricing and
availability of raw materials; global economic conditions; credit risk exposure;
selling price of silicon metal; customer concentration; transportation delays
and disruptions; class action lawsuits; contract termination claims; interest
rates; future growth plans and strategic objectives; environmental, health and
safety laws and liabilities; conflicts of interest; limited history with the
solar grade silicon business; selling price of solar grade silicon; customer
commitments; production cost targets; achieving and maintaining quality of solar
grade silicon; customer capabilities in producing ingots; protection of
intellectual property rights; production capacity expansion at the Becancour
facilities; closure of the magnesium facilities; investment in Applied
Magnesium; insurance costs; government and economic incentives; dependence upon
key executives and employees; completion and integration of potential
acquisitions, partnerships or joint ventures; intellectual property infringement
claims; and climate change. These factors are discussed in greater detail in
Timminco's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2010, and in
Timminco's most recent Management's Discussion and Analysis, each of which is
available via the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. Although Timminco has
attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results,
performance or achievements to differ materially from those contained in
forward-looking information, there can be other factors that cause results,
performance or achievements not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended.
There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate or
that management's expectations or estimates of future developments,
circumstances or results will materialize. Accordingly, readers should not place
undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information
in this news release is made as of the date of this news release and Timminco
disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise such information,
except as required by applicable law.

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