drilling to commence at tambang hitam

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ASX ANNOUNCEMENT
22 September 2005
Drilling to Commence at Tambang Hitam
Oropa is pleased to announce its intention to commence initial
drill testing of the Tambang Hitam gold prospect, located in the
south block of the Pungkut Project, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Tambang Hitam is a low sulphidation epithermal gold prospect
conveniently located approximately 5km from the Trans-
Sumatran Highway. The area was subjected to limited
exploration by the Dutch Moera Sipongi Mining Company
between 1935 and 1939, with a number of exploration adits
completed on known quartz vein systems.
Mapping of the prospect has identified cohesive alteration
systems consistent with low sulphidation type gold deposits.
Limited soil sampling of the central alteration system has defined
a cohesive, 600m long north–south trending gold anomaly,
within which 3 separate epithermal vein systems have been
identified to date.
Trenching over the central soil anomaly returned results of
20m @ 6.47g/t Au and 10m @ 2.22 g/t Au. Selected rock chips
from old Dutch adits have
returned values up to
28.6 g/t Au.
Alteration types and
quartz vein textures
observed at Tambang
Hitam indicate low
depositional
temperatures, which
imply that most of the
gold-bearing system
remains intact below the
current topography.
Sampling epithermal vein material (red dashed outline)
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Brian Hurley– Chairman
Philip Christie– Director
Rod Murchison– Non-Executive
Director
Bruce Tomich- Non-Executive
Director
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Oropa intends to commence drill testing the vein targets at Tambang Hitam, with a drill rig
booked to mobilise to site early next month.
Currently, Oropa staff are busy with additional mapping, gridding, sampling and surveying of
the area in preparation for the commencement of drilling.
Yours faithfully,
OROPA LIMITED
PHILIP C CHRISTIE
Director
Note1: It is advised that in accordance with the Australian Stock Exchange Limited Listing Rule 5.6, the information in this
report that relates to Exploration Results is based on information compiled by Mr. Jim Kerr, who is a Member of the
Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. Mr. Kerr is a full time employee of Oropa Limited and has sufficient
experience which is relevant to the style of mineralisation and type of deposit which is under consideration and to the
activity which he is undertaking to qualify as a Competent Person as defined in the 2004 Edition of the “Australasian
Code for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves”. Mr. Jim Kerr consents to the
inclusion in this report of the matters based on his information in the form and context in which it appears.
Note 2: All statements in this report, other than statements of historical facts that address future timings, activities, events
and developments that the Company expects, are forward looking statements. Although Oropa Ltd, its subsidiaries,
officers and consultants believe the expectations expressed in such forward looking statements are based on
reasonable expectations, investors are cautioned that such statements are not guarantees of future performance and
actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward looking statements. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from forward looking statements include, amongst other things commodity
prices, continued availability of capital and financing, timing and receipt of environmental and other regulatory
approvals, and general economic, market or business conditions.