Oro Gold Announces New Officer Appointments

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr 06 (MARKET WIRE) --
Oro Gold Resources Ltd. ("Oro Gold" or "Company") (TSX VENTURE: OGR)
announces the appointments of Priscila Costa Lima as Chief Financial
Officer and Peter Kendrick as Vice President Corporate Development of the
Company, effective April 1, 2010.

A Certified Management Accountant, Ms. Costa Lima holds a BBA in Finance
with a joint Major in Economics from Simon Fraser University and will be
responsible for leading the accounting and financial reporting duties of
Oro Gold. She is fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, has worked in the
Resource industry in Vancouver since 2004 and was previously the
Corporate Controller for Western Prospector Group Ltd. ("Western") a
Vancouver based TSX-V Company. While at Western, she managed the
implementation of new ERP systems in Mongolia and Canada as well as
successfully led the transition of Western's former management team to a
new team. Ms. Costa Lima also played a major role with the take-over bids
and due diligence processes that resulted in the sale of Western to a
major Chinese company.

"The appointment of Ms. Costa Lima represents Oro Gold's commitment to
bringing highly experienced professionals into our management team. Her
contribution to the Company will be invaluable as we continue to grow as
a gold exploration company developing a resource base," stated Darren
Bahrey, President and Chief Executive Officer of Oro Gold.

As Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Costa Lima has replaced Peter Kendrick
who accepted a new appointment with the Company as Vice President
Corporate Development. Mr. Kendrick has been a Director of the Company
and the Chief Financial Officer since 2007.

"Mr. Kendrick is an essential member of our management team, and thus I
am pleased to report that this new appointment will enable him to focus
exclusively in establishing our Company's strategic vision, enhancing our
corporate communications, and identifying new opportunities to further
accelerate Oro Gold's growth," said Mr. Bahrey. Mr. Kendrick has over 20
years of experience in the mining industry and worked with Placer Dome
from 1994 to 1999 where he served in numerous project evaluation and
project management type roles on projects throughout the United States,
Africa, Russia and Latin America. He holds a B.S. in Geophysical
Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, with a minor in Geology,
an International MBA from the American Graduate School of International
Management and is also fluent in Spanish.

About Oro Gold

Oro Gold is a publicly-listed junior gold exploration company with 11
projects located in Mexico and Panama. The district scale Trinidad
property continues to be the company's top priority project and the main
focus of exploration and resource definition efforts. Oro Gold's
corporate mandate is to maintain low costs in gold resource acquisition
and discovery while growing the company's gold assets to attract
producing companies.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Darren Bahrey, President and CEO

Some statements in this release may contain forward-looking information.
These statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect
to future exploration, development and production activities and future
expenditures. These statements address future events and conditions and,
as such, involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by the statements. Such factors include, among
others, the time and success of future exploration, development and
production activities and the timing and amount of expenditures.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider
accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts:
Oro Gold Resources Ltd.
Darren Bahrey
President and CEO
604 646-1580
604 642-2411 (FAX)
www.orogoldresources.com

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