Oroco Announces Private Placement

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/21/11 -- Oroco Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE: OCO) ('Oroco' or 'the Company') is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement (the 'Private Placement') of up to 4,250,000 units at a price of $0.28 cents per unit to raise gross proceeds of up to $1,190,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole share purchase warrant will be exercisable into one additional common share for a period of 15 months at a price of $0.42 per share. The private placement is subject to the acceptance of the TSX Venture Exchange.

The proceeds of the private placement will be used for the continuing development of Oroco's Cerro Prieto Project in Sonora State, Mexico and for general working capital.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Contacts:

Oroco Resource Corp.

Mr. Craig Dalziel

President and CEO

604-688-6200

604-688-6260 (FAX)
www.orocoresourcecorp.com