September 7, 2006

Consolidated Big Valley Resources Inc. (TSXV:CBG.H) and Rocmec Mining Inc. (TSXV:RMI) are pleased to announce that start-up operations are proceeding and a first official gold button was poured at the 250 tpd gold concentrating mill located in Granada, south of Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec.

The first official gold pour from the Granada Mine ore which was stockpiled on surface from previous operators took place on August 31,2006. The ceremony was attended by over fifty people including people who worked on the property in the past during is exploration and production stages, current investors, present personnel and directors of Big Valley and Rocmec. The pour produced a gold button weighing 5.7 kilograms (146 troy ounces) with an estimated gold purity of 80 per cent. As further milling continued, this button was increased in size from the August 25, 2006 Big Valley test button poured and previously announced.

As mill start-up operations continue, the average mill throughput is currently 10 tonnes per hour. Big Valley will continue to evaluate the overall performance of the mill and will make process changes and upgrades to maximize overall throughput and recovery. Big Valley is purchasing a gravity plant with a capacity of 10 tonnes per day to process high-grade ores and concentrates. This plant will also be used to evaluate custom ores and tailings that can be processed at the Granada Mill site.

The fully permitted mill is located on Big Valleys Granada Mine property and is equipped with the Merrill Crowe system, a direct cyanidation process with gold precipitation. The mill will be used to process the mineralized ore extracted from the Granada Mine and nearby properties as they become permitted to be shipped to the Granada site and permitted to be processed.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD

Jake Bottay, President/Director