Gammon Gold Announces an Illegal Labour Disruption at its El Cubo Mine

TSX: GAM / NYSE: GRS / BSX: GL7

HALIFAX, Canada, June 3, 2010 - Gammon Gold Inc. ("Gammon") (TSX:GAM and NYSE:GRS): announces an
illegal labour disruption launched by unionized mine workers is in progress
at its El Cubo mine located in Guanajuato State, Mexico. The unionized
workers are barring contract workers and union members from entering the El
Cubo mine site. Although no official notice has been provided by the union,
the Company understands that the unionized workers took this action due to
a dispute over profit sharing substitution arrangements. Operations at the
Peregrina mine, which is located within the El Cubo mine complex, have not
been impacted.

A work stoppage of this nature violates both the Collective Agreement
as well as Mexican Labour Law. Management is disappointed that proper
process has not been followed by the union and an illegal action of this
nature has been instigated. Management is actively managing the situation
and reviewing all avenues of potential legal recourse.

About Gammon Gold

Gammon Gold Inc. is a mid-tier gold and silver producer with
properties in Mexico. The Company's flagship Ocampo Project in Chihuahua
State achieved commercial production in January 2007. Gammon Gold also
operates its El Cubo mine in Guanajuato State and has the promising
Guadalupe y Calvo development property in Chihuahua State. The Company
recently completed option purchase agreements to acquire the Mezquite
Project in Zacatecas State, Mexico and the Venus Project located north of
the Ocampo mine in Chihuahua State, Mexico. The Company is based in Halifax
, Nova Scotia with an Executive Office in Toronto, Ontario.

Cautionary Statement

Cautionary Note to US Investors - The United States Securities and
Exchange Commission permits US mining companies, in their filings with the
SEC, to disclose only those mineral deposits that a company can
economically and legally extract or produce. This press release uses
certain terms, such as "measured," "indicated," and "inferred" "resources,"
that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit US registered companies from
including in their filings with the SEC. US Investors are urged to consider
closely the disclosure in Gammon Gold's Annual Report on Form 40-F, which
may be secured from Gammon Gold, or from the SEC's website at
www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml.

No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority
has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.

Certain statements included herein, including information as to the
future financial or operating performance of the Company, its subsidiaries
and its projects, constitute forward-looking statements. The words "believe
", "expect", "anticipate", "contemplate", "target", "plan", "intends",
"continue", "budget", "estimate", "forecast", "may", "will", "schedule" and
similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements include, among other things, statements regarding its financial
exposure to litigation, targets, estimates and assumptions in respect of
gold and silver production and prices, operating costs, results and capital
expenditures, mineral reserves and mineral resources and anticipated grades
, recovery rates, future financial or operating performance, margins,
operating and exploration expenditures, costs and timing of completion of
the Ocampo expansion program and improvements to the heap leach pad, costs
and timing of the development and commencement of production of new
deposits, costs and timing of construction, costs and timing of future
exploration and reclamation expenses including, anticipated 2010 results,
operating performance projections for 2009 and 2010, our ability to fully
fund our business model internally, 2010 gold and silver production and the
cash and operating costs associated therewith, the ability to achieve
productivity and operational efficiencies, the ability to access grid power
at Ocampo, further reduction in the open pit stripping ratio and the timing
of each thereof. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a
number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by
the Company, are inherently subject to significant business, economic,
competitive, political and social uncertainties and contingencies. Many
factors could cause the Company's actual results to differ materially from
those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by, or on
behalf of, the Company. Such factors
include, among others, known and unknown uncertainties and risks relating
to additional funding requirements, reserve and resource estimates,
commodity prices, hedging activities, exploration, development and
operating risks, illegal miners, political and foreign risk, uninsurable
risks, competition, limited mining operations, production risks,
environmental regulation and liability, government regulation, currency
fluctuations, recent losses and write-downs, restrictions in the Company's
loan facility, dependence on key employees, possible variations of ore
grade or recovery rates, failure of plant, equipment or process to operate
as anticipated, accidents and labour disputes. Investors are cautioned that
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and,
accordingly, investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-
looking statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.

For further information: please visit the Gammon Gold website at http
://www.gammongold.com or contact: Anne Day, Director of Investor Relations,
Gammon Gold Inc., +1-(902)-468-0614/ (GAM. GRS)

For further information: please visit the Gammon Gold website at www.gammongold.com or contact: Anne Day, Director of Investor Relations, Gammon Gold Inc., +1-(902)-468-0614/