Release: Oropa: Significant mineralisation in new discoveries

? New Gold Discovey at Tambang Tinggi
? 25m @ 4.58 g/t Au in Drilling
? Spot Values up to 60.5 g/t Au, 0.9% Cu, 30.1 g/t Ag
? Significant Exploration Upside
? New Porphyry Target Discovered Near Tambang Ubi

Oropa is pleased to announce significant gold mineralisation in the first two scout drill holes completed at the Tambang Tinggi porphyry prospect, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

THDD001, located near the top of a prominent hill and oriented towards the north, intersected the following better zones of mineralisation:

Gold
? 25m @ 0.69 g/t Au from 22m (including 3m @ 1.73 g/t Au from 27m)
? 25m @ 1.4 g/t Au from 59m (including 1.8m @ 2.48 g/t Au from 70m)and 6.1m @ 3.29 g/t Au from 77.9.

Copper
? 11m @ 0.12% Cu from 45m
? 7.8m @ 0.2% Cu from 64m
? 6.1m @ 0.15% Cu from 77.9m

Peak down hole values
? Gold: 17.25 g/t from 82-83m
? Copper: 0.32% from 45-46m
? Silver: 30.8 g/t from 43-44m

The hole intersected a late-stage diorite dyke at 84m, which appears to be unmineralised

A second hole, TTDD002 was completed from the same drill pad as TTDD001 but oriented towards the southeast. The following better zones were intersected:

Gold
? 1m @ 2.07g/t Au from 0m
? 25m @ 4.58g/t Au from 31m including 1.2m @ 60.5g/t Au from 52.8m
? 16m @1.28g/t Au from 80m
? 2.6m @ 5.1g/t Au from 110m
? 0.2m @ 2.66g/t Au from 124.8m

Copper
? 8m @ 0.21% Cu from 38m
? 2.15m @ 0.58% from 51.85m
? 1m @ 0.11% Cu from 87m

Zinc
? 3m @ 1.66% Zn from 89m

Peak down hole values
? Gold: 60.5 g/t from 52.8 ? 54m
? Copper: 0.9% from 52.8 ? 54m
? Zinc: 1.85% from 90 ? 91m

Mineralisation is hosted in quartz-rich granite porphyry and appears to be intimately related to intense, late-stage fracturing and quartz veins. As the current drilling programme is only of a first-pass reconnaissance nature, these early results are very encouraging.

A further 3 holes are planned for completion at Tambang Tinggi before the filed season closes for the Christmas break.

New Porphyry Discovery near Tambang Ubi
In addition to the successful drilling at Tambang Tinggi, Oropa is pleased to announce positive results from the initial sampling of another porphyry system recently discovered near its Tambang Ubi prospect, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Reconnaissance mapping of the area identified the porphyry unit intruding skarn ? altered limestone, which returned the following assays:

Sample Number	Northing	Easting	Au ppm (gold)	Cu% (copper)	Rock Type
946938	68151	589776	0.45	2.1	Porphyritic diorite
946939	68145	589770	0.58	0.89	Limestone skarn xenolith in diorite
946940	68209	589782	0.52	0.39	Limestone skarn at contact with diorite

Notes:
1. Au analysis determined by 50gm fire assay
2. Cu analysis determined by 50gm AAS

The discovery outcrop, occupying an area of approximately 100m2, is located 500 meters south west from the nearest known workings at Tambang Ubi ; an historical Dutch gold / copper / silver deposit mined prior to World War 2.

Oropa is very encouraged by this new discovery as it demonstrates a possible strike extension to the Tambang Ubi system and indicates the presence of a copper / gold mineralized intrusive system. The company intends to follow up these results with more field mapping and sampling in preparation for drill testing. (end of release)