AUG 6, 2009
Timminco Increases Silicon Metal Production

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 6, 2009) - Timminco Limited ("Timminco")(TSX:TIM) announced today that it will restart the second of its three electric arc furnaces at its Becancour Silicon facilities in Quebec, to fulfill renewed demand for silicon metal. The resumption will result in the recall of a portion of the unionized workforce which was temporarily laid off earlier in the year.

About Timminco

Timminco produces solar grade silicon for the solar photovoltaic energy industry. Using its proprietary, patent pending technology, Timminco purifies silicon metal into solar grade silicon (also known as upgraded metallurgical silicon) for use in the manufacture of solar cells. Timminco also produces silicon metal for use in a broad range of industrial applications serving the aluminum, chemical, pharmaceutical, electronics and automotive industries.