Vancouver, B.C. - Orphan Boy Resources Inc, reports year end results on its 100% owned "Rain" property north of Revelstoke BC as part of the Company’s Big Bend Metals Project. The Company is motivated by the discovery of high-grade gold & silver mineralization on the Rain property in 2004 (as reported in NR-04-30 & NR-04-31). Exploration has resulted in several new discoveries. These can be broadly categorized as:

• Magmatic hydrothermal styles of mineralization including:

1. Polymetallic manto & vein types (gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc)
2. Skarn (tungsten-copper)
3. Porphyry (molybdenum-tungsten)
4. Tourmaline-bearing pegmatite/greisen veins.

• Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide (copper, zinc and lead)

Many of the geological characteristics of Intrusion-Related Gold systems as outlined by J.M. Logan (BCMEM Geological Fieldwork, Paper 2002-1) and others have been recognized on the Rain property. Further work will be guided in part by exploration methodologies pertaining to Intrusion-Related Gold systems.

1.  Polymetallic Manto & Veins (Lead-Zinc-Copper-Gold-Silver)

The ‘Alfie’ and ‘Lynes’ showings (reported in NR-04-30 & NR-04-31) are distal polymetallic manto and vein discoveries localized in a 3 to 10+ metre thick silicified limestone horizon trending north-south across the Rain property.

1a. Alfie discovery

As reported in NR-04- 30, channel sampling of the 2.1 metre exposure graded 15.06% lead, 7.18% zinc, 3.53 gm/mt gold, 281 gm/mt silver, and 0.18% copper. Four hundred metres southeast of the Alfie discovery prospecting along the favorable horizon revealed siliceous float grading up to 33.20 gm/mt gold and 1501 gm/mt silver. Late in the 2004 field season an access trail was constructed to facilitate drilling of the Alfie horizon. The Alfie will be the focus of ongoing exploration including geological mapping, geophysical surveys and core drilling in 2005.

1b. Lynes discovery

A composite ten-metre blasted channel sample through the Lynes vein exposure was taken late in the season as reported in NR-04-31. While this sampling tested the entire 10 metre exposed thickness of host limestone, it is only representative of an estimated 4 to 5 metre true thickness across the sheeted quartzsulphide vein system with its associated stockwork zones and breccia bodies. The Lynes exposure is 2.2km south-southeast of the Alfie exposure. Acme Analytical Laboratories of Vancouver, B.C. reports assay results as follows:

2.   Sorcerer – Tungsten – Copper Skarn

Three holes were initially drilled to test the skarn.  The best tungsten trioxide grades were recovered in hole RN-04-14 along the intrusive contact and in hole RN-04-22 at the ‘marble front’ where the skarn passes sharply outward into less altered limestone. The skarn body has an irregular shape of at least 40 metres in drilled thickness. The zone remains open along strike and down dip, and will be the focus of ongoing core drilling in 2005.

3.     Porphyry (molybdenum-tungsten)

Holes RN-04-14, 15, 17, 20 and 21 targeted the Long Creek Stock and its contact aureole. A distance of 430 metres of strike length to a drilled depth of 200 metres was tested. Widespread weakly disseminated molybdenite and scheelite were noted averaging less than 0.010% molybdenum and less than 0.002% tungsten trioxide, with short runs of higher grade. The best molybdenum and tungsten grades so far are associated with intrusive contacts.

At present, the geometry, dimensions and controls of the mineralized zone are under investigation. Late in the 2004 field season an IP-standard cut grid was established on the recommendation of consulting geologist Mr. Ed Kimura P.Geo. An IP survey is planned, in advance of core drilling, in 2005.

• Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Layers

Historically, since first being staked in 1989, the Rain property has been considered and remains an attractive target for its potential to host a massive sulphide deposit akin to the Goldstream Besshi-type copper-zinc-lead mine located only 15 kilometres away. Drill hole RN-04-18 was collared to test favourable stratigraphy 100 metres along strike northwest of 1996 drill hole RN-96-06. It intersected 3.6 m of laminated semi-massive pyrrhotite with trace amounts of chalcopyrite and sphalerite at the base of a thick interval of graphitic and calcareous phyllite containing more than ten ‘Garnet Zones’. Of significance, stratiform mineralization and the sequence of host rocks in RN-04-18 resemble distal portions of the Goldstream deposit. Additional core drilling is planned in 2005.

North of Downie Creek, drill holes RN-04-09, 10 and 16 were intended to probe for massive sulphide horizons below a train of multi-tonne angular massive sulphide boulders reported in NR-04-32. The holes intersected 2.6 metre and 9.9 metre composite intervals consisting mainly of pyrrhotite, in graphitic and chloritic phyllite and chert. The newly discovered massive sulphide horizons occur in an untested stratigraphic interval 290 metres structurally above the previously described VMS target.  

In closing, our exploration team is very encouraged by the quality, variety and extent of new mineralization discovered on the Rain property in 2004 and looks forward to an aggressive resumption of exploration in 2005.

J. David Williams, P.Eng., a qualified person under NI 43-101 guidelines, supervised the Rain property exploration and has reviewed the information contained herein.

Flow-Through Financing

The Company also wishes to announce that it has issued 11,111 units at a price of $0.90 per share for proceeds of $10,000 effective December 29, 2004. Each unit is comprised of one flow through common share and one warrant. Each warrant is exercisable to purchase an additional non-flow through common share at a price of $1.00 for a period of one year. A finder’s fee was not paid for this financing.

On Behalf of Management:

"Ron Coombes"
President & CEO

For additional information refer to the Company website at http://www.bethlehemmining.com or contact: Maria Da Silva, Investor Relations, toll free at: 1 877 261 4466, Ronald Coombes, President at 604.724.2369, Mark Brown, CFO at 604.687.3520 or by e-mail at orphanres@telus.net

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