Vancouver, BC.  Mr. Ronald A. Coombes, President and CEO of Orphan Boy Resources Inc., (TSX.V-ORS), is pleased to report that management has confirmed a budget of $1.6 million for mineral exploration this season on the Company’s mineral properties at the Big Bend Metals Project.

The Big Bend Metals Project is located in highly mineralized terrane near the City of Revelstoke in southeastern British Columbia, Canada. The Project consists of seven mineral properties that contain approximately 38,000 hectares of mineral tenure, mining leases and Crown Grants. The properties are (North to South): Tsar, Rift, Goldstream, Rain, Cottonbelt, Copper Queen, and the Willa / LH.

Budget highlights include: $870,000 for exploration at the Rain property located just south of the Company’s Goldstream Custom Mineral Processing Plant.  In 2004, diamond drilling and surface exploration at the Rain property discovered high-grade precious metals at the Alfie showing, and identified several types of mineralization including magmatic hydrothermal (polymetallic manto and vein, tungsten-copper skarn, molybdenum-tungsten porphyry) and volcanogenic massive sulphide (copper-lead-zinc) styles of mineralization.  The Rain 2005 program will feature surface drilling follow up on the 2004 discoveries, and drilling, trenching and geophysics on as-yet untested targets. Prospecting will also be conducted over the approximately 11,000 hectares of new cell staking completed in January 2005.

In the areas near the Company’s former-producing Goldstream Mine, a $450,000 budget will focus both on adding definition to the 2004 discoveries on the the C-1 and Boutwell showings, and with regional geology, drilling and geophysics in this highly prospective camp.  The Rift property ($144,000) will feature a 1,000 meter surface drilling program.  A $100,000 budget has been approved for surface exploration on the LH and Willa properties.  On the newly-staked Cottonbelt property, an initial budget has been approved for reconnaissance exploration and mapping.

The Company presently has working capital in excess of $1.4 million; however in order to fully fund its exploration plans, the Company is now discussing a proposed $1.5 to $2.0 million equity financing with interested parties.

For additional information please refer to our website at www.bethlehemmining.com., or contact Mr. Ron Coombes, President & CEO at (604) 687-3521 or Ms. Maria Da Silva, Investor Relations, toll-free at 1-877-261-4466.

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