Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

We have issued our reports dated January 19, 1996, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements  incorporated by reference or included in the Annual Report
of Chaparral  Resources,  Inc. and subsidiary (the Company) on Form 10-K for the
year ended  November 30, 1996. We consent to the  incorporation  by reference in
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the aforementioned reports.


                                                  /s/ Grant Thornton LLP
                                                  GRANT THORNTON LLP

Denver, Colorado
April 8, 1997