Vancouver, B.C. - September 20th, 2005: Oremex Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received excellent preliminary metallurgical silver recovery results from the bottle roll leach test program (conducted by McClelland Laboratories, Inc., located in Sparks, Nevada) on its 40 million ounce Tejamen silver property. The leaching program was comprised of bottle roll leaching tests on drill cuttings collected from the approximate 30,000 meter percussion drill program. The samples selected represent the broad range of material in the deposit, covering the low-grade material as well as the high-grade material in both zones (Cerro Prieto and Los Mantos) of the Tejamen property. Each sample was tested in an "as received" state and then ground to 80% minus 75 microns (200 mesh) for additional testing. Silver extraction averaged about 60% for all twelve tests (six "as received" and six "minus 75 microns"). This recovery is considered to be very good (see next paragraphs) for the short time frame (only 4 days) utilized for bottle roll testing.

Mr. Jack McPartland, Metallurgist and Vice President Operations for McClelland Laboratories, Inc., commented on the results of the Oremex test program:

"Silver recovery rates by cyanidation are typically substantially slower than gold recovery rates. Consequently, in general, short term (1 to 4 day) bottle roll test silver recoveries are often substantially lower than obtained during longer term (60 day +) column leach testing of the same samples, at the same feed size. Because of differences in leach cycle duration, ultimate commercial heap leach silver recoveries often are somewhat higher than column test silver recoveries (leached under the same conditions - feed size, cyanide concentration, etc.) on the same ore. Silver recovery rate data from the bottle rolls conducted on the Tejamen cuttings samples show that silver extraction was progressing at a slow, but significant rate, when leaching was terminated after 4 days of leaching. These results indicate that silver recovery will improve with a longer leaching cycle."

Based on the foregoing, and experience at actual silver heap leach operations, a full scale heap leach operation at Tejamen might expect silver recoveries in the range of 65% to 75% (based on three to nine months of leaching). As a result of the excellent preliminary tests, Oremex plans to commence column leach tests, which will be conducted over 60 days, as opposed to the short-term (4 days) bottle roll tests.

Ross Glanville, PEng is the qualified person responsible for and has verified the above data.

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