Romarco's Cortez Trend Project Shows Strong Gold Values

ROMARCO MINERALS INC. ("TSXV: R") has received very encouraging results from the first stage of exploration on its 100% owned Roberts Mountains Gold Project located along the Cortez Trend of Nevada. The project is approximately six miles southeast of the Tonkin Springs Mine (U.S. Gold) and is immediately adjacent to the Gold Stone deposit, one of five deposits from which Atlas Precious metals produced gold.

The first stage exploration program was comprised of project-level geologic mapping and a focused soil sampling program in order to determine drill targets. The Roberts Mountain Gold Project exhibits characteristics consistent with Carlin-style sedimentary rock-hosted gold deposits

The mapping program identified two contact zones which are known to host significant ore deposits in the trend:

1. The Devonian Devils Gate Limestone overlying the Devonian Denay Formation - which is the historic ore host in the district and is the equivalent unit to the ore-hosting zone at Placer Domes' Cortez Complex; and
2. The Devils Gate contact with the Mississippian Webb Formation which is the primary zone where gold is mined at the Rain (Newmont Mining) and Emigrant (Newmont Mining) Mines.

Upon completion of the geologic mapping of the contact zones, Romarco collected 247 soil geochemical samples to expand upon historic soil sampling (376 samples) completed by Atlas. The results of the soil sampling demonstrated strong gold values along the contacts. (See map on Romarco's website: www.romarco.com).  

The results included a 0.030 ppm gold contour value that outlined a zone over 3000 feet long (northwest-southeast) and up to 1750 feet wide. Significant multipoint anomalies within this broad gold zone are up to 600 feet long and over 350 feet wide incorporating as many as nine samples greater than 0.100 ppm gold with values up to 0.600 ppm gold. Surface rock samples within this broad soil anomaly returned up to 1.35 ppm (0.04 oz Au/ton) gold. This sampling strongly coincides with the northwest-southeast trending Devils Gate-Webb contact.

Project level mapping was also completed by Romarco to better define the extensive alteration. Alteration present includes jasperoid along the contact between the Devonian Devils Gate and the Mississippian Webb, decalcification of the limestone, and barite matrix breccias and veining. Structurally controlled dolomitization and breccia development are similar to alteration recently described in the Rain-type deposits. The attached figure shows the strong correlation between the mapped geology and the anomalous soil geochemical results. The map can be seen in color on Romarco's website www.romarco.com.  

Additional soil geochemistry is planned to extend the anomalous zones. Pending the completion of the project level mapping and the additional soil sampling, specific drill sites will be located. Romarco plans to drill the Roberts Mountains Project early in 2006.

Mr. Buster Hunsaker is Romarco's Qualified Person on the Roberts Mountains Project.

For further information, please contact Diane Garrett, President and C.E.O. at (830) 634-7489 or by e-mail at dgarrett@romarco.com or Mr. Ralf Langner, V.P. Finance at (604) 688-9271 or by e-mail at rlangner@romarco.com  

ON BEHALF OF ROMARCO MINERALS INC.

Diane R. Garrett
President and C.E.O.