FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of APRIL, 2005
OROMIN EXPLORATIONS LTD. (File #0-30614)
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
Suite 2000, 1055 West Hastings St., Vancouver, B.C. Canada, V6E 2E9
(Address of principal executive offices)
Attachments:
1.
Oromin Explorations Ltd. News Release, Dated April 18, 2005.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F X Form 40-F __________
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Yes No X
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82 _______________
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf of the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
OROMIN EXPLORATIONS LTD.
(Registrant)
Date: May 4, 2005
By:
“James G. Stewart”
James G. Stewart
Its Secretary
(Title)
OROMIN
Suite 2000, Guinness Tower, 1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6E 2E9
& nbsp;
EXPLORATIONS LTD.
Tel: (604) 331-8772 * Fax: (604) 331-8773
May 4, 2005
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
VIA EDGAR
Judiciary Plaza Office Building
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Dear Sir or Madam:
RE:
Oromin Explorations Ltd. - (File #0-30614)
Form 6-K
On behalf of Oromin Explorations Ltd., a corporation under the laws of British Columbia, Canada, we enclose for filing, one (1) copy of Form 6-K, including exhibits.
If you have any questions, please contact the undersigned at your convenience.
Very truly yours,
OROMIN EXPLORATIONS LTD.
“James G. Stewart”
per:
James G. Stewart,
Secretary
Enclosures
cc:
Standard & Poor's Corporation (w. 3 copies)
Miller Thomson, Attn: Mr. Rupert Legge
OROMIN
Suite 2000, Guinness Tower, 1055 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6E 2E9
& nbsp;
EXPLORATIONS LTD.
Tel: (604) 331-8772 * Fax: (604) 331-8773
April 18, 2005
Trading Symbols: TSX Venture – OLE
Web Site: www.oromin.com
EXPLORATION CREW MOBILIZES TO SABODALA
Oromin Explorations Ltd. (TSX-V:OLE) is pleased to announce that a field crew has mobilized to begin the first phase of the USD$8 million comprehensive exploration program to be undertaken on Oromin’s 230 square kilometre Sabodala Property in eastern Sénégal. Oromin’s proposed program will include the acquisition of QuickBird High Resolution Satellite imagery, airborne geophysics, ground geophysics (including magnetics and induced polarization), regional and detailed geochemistry surveys, prospecting, geological and structural mapping, manual and mechanical trenching and extensive drilling.
Phase One consists of ground control line cutting, approximately 100 line-kilometres of ground magnetics and Induced Polarization geophysical surveying, grid-based geologic mapping, prospecting, sampling and soil sampling. In addition, approximately 6,300 line-kilometres of detailed airborne geophysical surveying employing ultra-high resolution MIDAS™II helicopter-borne magnetic and radio-metric systems will be flown at 50-metre line separation. The survey will be at a terrain clearance of 15 to 25 metres collecting magnetic readings every five metres and radiometric readings every 50 metres.
Phase Two, scheduled to begin in September 2005 after the end of the rainy season, will consist of a minimum of 10,000 metres of diamond drilling on Oromin’s highest priority targets and the continuation of surface exploration work. The objective of the Phase Two program will be to delineate at least one gold deposit upon which to immediately begin prefeasibility work.
Oromin’s Sabodala Property is underlain by an approximately 22-kilometre extent of the Mali-Sénégal Shear Zone System, a 5-kilometre wide north-easterly trending structural zone that hosts all the known mineralized showings and deposits in the Sabodala region. The Mali-Sénégal Shear Zone System is located within the regional Kedougou-Kenieba Inlier of the Birimian Supergroup of early Proterozoic rocks that host the majority of gold deposits in West Africa, including more than 20 million ounces of gold discovered in Sénégal and in adjacent Mali alone. The world-class gold deposits within the Kedougou-Kenieba Inlier include: Sadiola (9.8 million ounces); Loulo (7.8 million ounces); Tabakoto (2.0 million ounces); and Yatela (2.0 million ounces).
To find out more aboutOromin Explorations Ltd. (TSX-V:OLE), visit our website atwww.oromin.com.
On behalf of the Board of Directors of
OROMIN EXPLORATIONS LTD.
“Chet Idziszek”
Chet Idziszek, President
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