Grant of Options

RNS Number:6552N
Oriel Resources PLC
11 December 2006


                                                                        AIM: ORI
                                                                        TSX: ORL
                                                                   PRESS RELEASE
                                                               December 11, 2006

                              Oriel Resources plc

         Granting of Share Options to Directors of Oriel Resources plc
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The Directors of Oriel Resources Plc ("Oriel" or "the Company"), the
London-based chrome and nickel mining and processing company, announce the
granting of options (the 'Options') over its common shares as of 7 December 2006
to the Directors of the Company as follows:

Name of Director    Date of Grant   Number of Shares  Number of Options
                                      Under Option       After Grant
Dr Sergey Kurzin     07/12/2006         5,000,000         6,750,000
Nicholas Clarke      07/12/2006         1,250,000         3,000,000
Takhirzhan Baratov   07/12/2006         1,750,000         2,500,000
Geoffrey Bush        07/12/2006         1,000,000         1,500,000
Roger Richer         07/12/2006         1,000,000         1,500,000
John Reynolds        07/12/2006         1,000,000         1,500,000
Alexander Nesis      07/12/2006         1,000,000         1,000,000
Ehud Rieger          07/12/2006         1,000,000         1,000,000
Neil Woodyer         07/12/2006         1,000,000         1,000,000


The Options were granted pursuant to the Company's Share Option Scheme at an
exercise price of #0.52.

The Options will vest as to one-third on the first, second and third
anniversaries of the date of grant and may not be exercised later than the fifth
anniversary of the date of grant, being 8 December 2011.


ENDS
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For further information please contact:

Tania Tchedaeva, Assistant Company Secretary, Oriel Resources plc
Tel: [phone]

Gavin Dallas, Marketing and PR, Oriel Resources plc
Tel: [phone]

Michael Padley / Michael Spriggs, Bankside Consultants
Tel: [phone]

Keith Schaefer, Vanguard Shareholder Solutions
Tel: + 1-604-608-0824

www.orielresources.com
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