Oremex Resources Inc. - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer

Vancouver, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Oremex Resources Inc. (TSXV
symbol - ORM) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment
of Linda Thorstad, PGeo, as the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company. A registered professional geoscientist, Thorstad has many
years of senior management experience in the mining industry and
brings a wealth of development and mining experience to the Company.
In addition to her many senior mining roles, she is past president of
the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC as
well as recipient of the 2002 Woman of Influence in Business Award.
Her technical background, coupled with strong communications and
management skills, will be an asset to the Company.

The Company's Chairman, Andrew Milligan stated: "The Company is
delighted to have someone with Ms. Thorstad's background and
experience to fill the CEO role and round out the management team."

The Company also announced the grant of 250,000 stock options to
Ms. Thorstad under the incentive option plan. The options are
exercisable at a price of $0.60 per share for a period of five years.

Company assets include both the Tejamen Silver and the San Lucas
Polymetallic Properties located in Mexico. An independent resource
study (NI 43 - 101 compliant) concluded that the Tejamen property
contains an equivalent silver resource of 50.8 million ounces in a
total of 22,600,000 tonnes, grading a silver equivalent of 69.8 grams
per tonne. An independent preliminary assessment is anticipated for
late summer 2006.

The San Lucas Property represents a promising polymetallic
project. Oremex continues to evaluate its other mineral concessions
for principal property status and will either complete further
exploration work or sell the asset.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed or does not accept
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This
news release may contain forward-looking statements including but not
limited to comments regarding the timing and content of upcoming work
programs, geological interpretations, receipt of property titles,
potential mineral recovery processes, etc. Forward-looking statements
address future events and conditions and, therefore, involve inherent
risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from
those currently anticipated in such statements.

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Contact:
For further information: Linda Thorstad, PGeo, CEO, Telephone:
+1-604-683-5651, Email: Linda@oremex.com