Exhibit 32(a)

                  CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
                           SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


I, Nikolai D. Klinchev , Chief Executive Officer of Chaparral Resources, Inc.
(the "company"), certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of
my knowledge:

     1.   The company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
          ended March 31, 2004 ("Quarterly Report") fully complies with the
          requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

     and

     2.   All of the information contained in the Quarterly Report fairly
          presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result
          of operations of the company.



Date: May 14, 2004                             /s/ Nikolai D. Klinchev
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                                                   Nikolai D. Klinchev
                                                   Chief Executive Officer