Opawica Explorations Inc.: News Release.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Opawica Explorations Inc. ("Opawica" / the "Company") (TSX:OPW) announces assay results from its Atikwa Lake gold-copper property (the "Property") located approximately 120 road kilometers southeast of Kenora, Ontario.

On December 9, 2005 the Company announced gold and copper assay results from the first eleven holes of the 18 hole program. The following new results are from hole OPW-9 for copper only which was drilled below an historic open pit as well as gold-copper assays for holes 12 through 18 inclusive. Holes OPW-12 to OPW-18 and OPW-6 (9.85m of 5.001 g/t Au with 2.64% Cu and commencing 3m further down hole, 10m of 2.802 g/t Au with 5.487% Cu) were all drilled outside of the reported historic mineral resource associated with the above noted open pit where past mining operations were conducted by previous operators. In addition, OPW holes 12 to 16 were drilled for geology and mineralization without the benefit of modern surface or down hole geophysics.

OPW-9 drilled under the historic open pit to a core length of 82m contained anomalous gold values and copper mineralization between 15m and 82m including 1.447 % Cu from 21.10m to 21.28m and 1.526 % Cu from 23.70m to 31.80m (8.1m)(including 1.5m of 3.826 % Cu from 25.20m to 26.70m). In addition, from 38.75m to 55.20m returned 1.033 % Cu and 1.866 g/t Au (including 7.726 g/t Au between 46.75m to 49.75m).

OPW-12 collared 50 feet south of OPW-6 contained 152m of highly anomalous copper and gold values consisting of 0.167 g/t Au and 0.204% Cu., including 1.35% Cu over 1.6m at a depth of approximately 60m.

OPW-13 collared 50 feet south and 50 feet east of OPW-12 contained no significant mineralization.

OPW-14 collared at the same drill set up as OPW-13 and flattened to 55 degrees intersected 15m of highly anomalous gold and copper values including 2.84 g/t Au over 2.2m at a depth of approximately 60m and 1.48% Copper over 0.65m at a depth of about 80m.

OPW-15 Collared 50 feet north of OPW-13 and OPW-14 returned 0.882 g/t Au and 0.410 % Cu over 34.7 meters at a vertical depth of about 50m, including 3.48 g/t Au and 1.07 % Cu over 4.5m from 82.3m to 86.8m.

OPW-16 collared 50 feet north of OPW-15 sampled from 68.0m to 78.5m and from 83.6m to 103.8m returned an overall average of 0.2 g/t Au and .303 % Cu, including 0.420 g/t Au and 1.45 % Cu over 1.5m from 94.8m to 96.3m

OPW-17 missed its target due to repositioning of the drill rig to avoid a boulder field at bedrock leaving a large untested anomaly to be drilled in the next phase of drilling. No significant mineralization was encountered in this hole.

OPW-18 drilled to a core length of 209m contained anomalous gold and copper values throughout including 1.98 g/t Au and 2.335 % Cu over 3.8 m from 46.5m to 50.3m.

The true widths of the above zones have not yet been determined.

Holes 12 to 16 were high risk exploration targets. The widespread gold and copper mineralization from these holes warrant further investigation by down hole geophysics and drilling in a phase II exploration program.

Three other known zones on the property will also be tested in the phase II exploration program which is expected to commence in the next 60 days.

The Company believes that there is potential of identifying further gold and copper resources outside and beneath of the historic Inferred Mineral Resource of 2,824,825 tons of 1.18% copper and .08 ounces per ton gold. This historic Mineral Resource has been drilled to a vertical depth of only 150m. The Inferred Mineral Resource has not been sufficiently drilled to have economic considerations applied to them to enable such resources to be categorized as reserves. Until there is additional drilling to upgrade the historic Inferred Mineral Resource to Measured and Indicated Resources there can be no certainty that the preliminary assessment will be realized. Accordingly, the Company is not presently treating the Inferred Mineral Resource estimates as NI 43-101 Defined Resources.

The Company will now proceed with further work in order to complete a 3-D Mine Model which will include all historic and current drill data, assay data and upcoming geophysics. This will enable further drilling on new targets and to better define the known mineralization on the property. It is expected that this work will be completed over the next six months.

Assaying results from the Atikwa Lake property have been completed by Swastika Laboratories of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, using fire assay and atomic absorption techniques.

The Qualified Person for the above field program at the Atikwa Lake gold-copper project is Mr. R.W. Laakso, B.Sc., P.Eng. of Holland Landing, Ontario.

Opawica may earn up to a 100% interest in the Atikwa Lake property by issuing a further 7,500,000 shares of the Company and paying a further $650,000 in cash and advance royalty payments over the next three years, subject to a 3% to 5% sliding scale royalty. Half of this royalty may be repurchased by the Company for $1,000,000.

The Company also announces that it has accepted the resignations of Mr. Jurgen Wolf and Mr. Joe DeVries as directors of the Company to pursue other core business interests. The Company has also removed Mr. Dennis Petke as CFO of the Company and will appoint a new CFO in the near future.

In addition, the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Alexander (Sandy) Bain as a Director of the Company. Mr. Bain is currently a Director of International Kirkland Minerals Inc. (TSX.V) and has been in the brokerage, investment and real estate industries for the past 25 years.

Finally, the Company has settled the terms of a public relations and marketing agreement with Skyline Investments Corp. ("Skyline") pursuant to which the Company has agreed to pay Skyline, an initial $25,000 fee and thereafter pay up to an additional $75,000 by the end of the year and grant to Skyline incentive stock options for 2,000,000 OPW shares exercisable at $.10 per share for a period of up to two years.

Shares Issued: 61,878,867

Stock Options: 5,525,000 @ $.10

Warrants: 10,950,000 @ $.10 (expiry 5/12/06)

Restricted Shares: 7,500,000

Opawica Explorations Inc. (TSX:OPW)