VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(EMWNews – July 22, 2008) – Oro Gold Resources Ltd. (“Oro Gold”) (TSX VENTURE:OGR) reports a new surface discovery, “San Cristobal”, at its 100-per-cent-owned Trinidad property in Sinaloa, Mexico. The new discovery covers a 12 km2 area consisting of hydrothermal breccias and quartz veining in four target zones located in the southeastern corner of the 651 km2 Trinidad property.

Highlights of the four zones that represent the San Cristobal prospect are described as follows:

1) La Anona

– Hydrothermal breccias covering a 400 metre by 200 metre area

– Fourteen rock chip samples returned gold assays ranging from 0.4 to 6.4 g/t, with an average of 1.8 g/t

2) Zone 62

– Quartz veining zone 20 metres wide, related to the northwest trending regional structure, and mapped over a length of 400 metres and is open along strike

– Six rock chip samples yielded gold assays ranging from 0.5 to 62.8 g/t, with an uncut average of 13.0 g/t

3) Agua Buena

– Hydrothermal breccia and quartz stockwork zone 14 to 56 metres wide by 1.2 kilometres long

– Eleven rock chip samples returned gold assays ranging from 0.1 to 1.3 g/t, with an average of 0.8 g/t

– Geological continuity of the zone is over 600 metres and has been confirmed by 5 trenches spaced 100 metres apart (assays pending)

– Zone appears to be related to the northwest trending regional scale structure

4) Santa Ana

– Quartz stockwork veining zone 60 metres wide, and mapped over a length of 400 metres and is open along strike

– Thirty-five rock chip samples yielded gold assays ranging from 0.1 to 4.4 g/t, with an average of 0.7 g/t

The new San Cristobal discovery is located on a regional, northwest-trending structural corridor that extends from the northwest corner to the southeast corner of the Trinidad property, covering a distance more than 40 kilometres. The appended maps show the location of ten target areas identified to date by Oro Gold in the Trinidad district and its proximity to the interpreted northwest trending regional structural corridor, and a close-up of the four zones currently defined at the recently discovered San Cristobal prospect.

“We have made an application for drill permits to test this new surface discovery and plan to be drilling it later this year!” commented Frank Powell, Vice President of Oro Gold. “We are very enthused about this new area since it is a grassroots discovery along the northwest corridor that hosts the gold resources that we are currently drilling at Taunus and a number of other prospects that we will be drilling in the near future. We are currently securing an additional 16 kilometres on this trend to the southeast through a new application. This new application will also cover several other parallel trends.”

To date, Oro Gold has identified and developed drill targets on five prospects located in the Trinidad regional corridor: Taunus, Colinas, San Miguel, Potrerillos, and San Cristobal. Oro Gold has also filed an application for an additional 42,650 hectares, El Salto, which is contiguous to the Trinidad property to the southeast. Title to the new concession is expected to be granted soon. The appended maps illustrate the zones at San Cristobal, the Trinidad district prospects defined to date, and the location of the El Salto ground.

Mark J. Pryor, Pr.Sci.Nat., a qualified person as designated by National Instrument 43-101 and Frank Powell, Vice President, supervised the sampling and reviewed the technical content of this news release. Samples were submitted to Inspectorate de Mexico SA de CV, for preparation in Mexico and analysis in Reno, Nevada.

About Oro Gold

Oro Gold is a gold exploration company with 12 properties located in Mexico and Panama, with 5 of the properties optioned to joint venture partners. The district-scale Trinidad property continues to be the company’s top priority project and the main focus of exploration and resource definition efforts. Ongoing generative activity and a joint venture strategy will continue to be a fundamental part of Oro Gold’s growth. The company’s mission is to build shareholder value by making discoveries and developing low-cost gold resources through early and advanced stage exploration.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Darren Bahrey, President and CEO

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