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Exhibit 99.49

FORM 51-102F3
MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

1.

Name and Address of Company

   

Timmins Gold Corp.

  Suite 520 – 609 Granville Street

Vancouver, BC, V7Y 1G5

   
2.

Date of Material Change

   

May 11, 2011.

   
3.

Press Release

   

The Press Release dated May 11, 2011 was disseminated via Marketwire.

   
4.

Summary of Material Change

   

Timmins Gold Corp. announced preliminary production statistics for its first year of commercial operations from its wholly owned San Francisco mine in northern Sonora, Mexico.

   
5.

Full Description of Material Change

   

Vancouver, BC - Timmins Gold Corp. is pleased to announce preliminary production statistics for its first year of commercial operations for the year ended March 31, 2011 from its wholly owned San Francisco open pit gold mine located in northern Sonora, Mexico.

   

The Company achieved a record quarter of daily production, averaging a total of 13,415 tonnes of ore processed per day for the three months ended March 31, 2011. A total of 18,755 ounces of gold was sold during the three months ended March 31, 2011 for a total of 65,774 ounces of gold sold for the year ended March 31, 2011.

   

The construction of a new crushing module is scheduled for completion in July, 2011 which will increase crushing capacity to 18,000 tonnes of ore processed per day. The increase in the crushing capacity will allow the ramp up to a targeted production of 100,000 gold ounces per year.

   

“Management is extremely pleased with the results from our first year of operations. The operations team has delivered continued operational improvements quarter over quarter,” stated Bruce Bragagnolo, CEO of Timmins Gold Corp.

   

The San Francisco Mine main production statistics for the first year of commercial production are as follows:


Category Apr-Jun 2010 Jul-Sep 2010 Oct-Dec 2010 Jan-Mar 2011 Total/Average
Ore (Dry tonnes) 905,296 1,090,768 1,208,678 1,207,339 4,412,081
Average Grade (g/t Au) 0.718 0.817 0.939 0.895 0.851
Waste Mined 4,077,568 3,878,015 4,568,616 5,096,932 17,621,131
Total Mined (tonnes) 4,982,864 4,968,783 5,777,294 6,304,271 22,033,212
Strip Ratio 4.5 3.34 3.7 4.2 4.0
Gold ounces Recoverable 14,145 19,374 25,033 24,088 82,640
Gold ounces Sold 11,319 15,680 20,030 18,755 65,784
Days 91 92 92 90 365
Average Ore Processed (t/d) 9,948 11,986 13,282 13,415 12,087
Total Mined (t/d) 54,756 54,009 62,797 70,047 60,365


2

There were no accidents which resulted in lost time during the quarter.

   
6.

Reliance on Subsection 7.1(2) or (3) of National Instrument 51-102

   

Not Applicable.

   
7.

Omitted Information

   

Not Applicable.

   
8.

Executive Officer

   

Bruce Bragagnolo, Chief Executive Officer

  (604) 638-8980
   
9.

Date of Report

   

May 11, 2011.