Release: Oropa: Significant Gold Intersections in Sambung Drilling

(June 8, 2006) - Oropa is pleased to announce results from the latest 6 diamond drill holes completed at its Sambung prospect. Sambung is located in the North Block of Oropa's 75% owned Pungkut Project, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

? Drill testing of targets defined by geological modelling intersects broad zones of jasperoid gold mineralisation ? Results from the last 6 drilled and assayed holes include:
- SAMDD011: 3m @ 2.85/t Au from 18m plus 3m @ 1.28%Pb, 2.94% Zn and 33.6g/t Ag from 116m
- SAMDD016: 18m @ 2.84g/t Au from 35m, (including 6m @ 4.88g/t Au from 38m)

? Mineralisation at Sambung is associated with intense hydrothermal alteration and jasperoid development, consistent with the nearby Sihayo 1 North deposit (610,000 Oz Au Inferred Resource) and the Sihayo 1 prospect

? Drilling is on-going, targeting:
- Primary jasperoid mineralisation
- Mineralised colluvial jasperoid
- High grade gold values in earlier trenching (end of release)