Exhibit 32.2


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


I, Nigel F. Penney , Chief Financial 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, 2005 ("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 11, 2005




/s/  Nigel F. Penney
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Nigel F. Penney
Chief Financial Officer