03/22/2006- 1.83 meters of 6.48 gm/mt Au

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1.83 meters of 6.48 gm/mt Au reported from Golden Arch drilling on Rachel Gold Vein, Arizona

09:30 EST Wednesday, March 22, 2006

GAI: TSX Venture GARCF: O.T.C

VANCOUVER, March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Further to our news release of January 18, 2006, Golden Arch Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the results from the continuing diamond drilling program on the Rachel Gold Vein on the Mildred Peak property, Arizona. Since the previous announcement concerning Hole No. MP05-06, five additional holes have been completed from the same drill pad, with results listed in the table below.

The diamond drill program continues to expand the Rachel Gold Vein, a highly anomalous zone of gold and silver quartz veining and silicification, ranging from approximately 0.91 meters (3') to 7.9 meters (26') in thickness. This silica-rich vein lies in a variably thick, intensely altered, mineralized zone about 10 meters (32.8') thick carrying gold values up to 1 g/mt (0.029 opt). Above the Rachel vein and its surrounding alteration zone, lies a belt of moderate to slightly altered meta-conglomerate with anomalous gold and silver, with values ranging to over 0.5 g/mt Au (0.015 opt).

Hole No. MP06-10 cut a 7.9 meter (26') section of the Rachel Vein which graded 2.94 gm Au/mt and 32.25 gm Ag/mt (0.086 opt Au and 0.94 opt Ag.) This section included a 1.83 meter length (6.0') which graded 6.48 gm/mt Au and 69.93 gm/mt Ag (0.189 opt Au and 2.04 opt Ag).

Section and Cross Section are attached/available on the website.

A weighted average of all six holes drilled to date on this vein (also including the average of the surface trench sampling) is 3.70 gm/mt Au (0.108 opt Au) and 23.38 gm/mt Ag (0.682 opt).

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Diamond Dip Hole Assay Silver Silver
Drill (degrees) Length Assay Length Gold Grade Gold Grade
Hole Azimuth (meters) Length (feet) Grade (gm/mt) Grade (oz/ton)
No. (degrees) (meters) (gm/mt) (oz/ton)
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MP05-06 -90 N/A 92.1 4.15 13.6 4.01 19.9 0.117 0.58
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MP06-07 -68 280 82.0 4.00 13.0 2.11 24.0 0.062 0.70
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MP06-08 -72 100 79.0 2.44 8.0 1.61 10.00 0.047 0.29
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MP06-09 -65 345 102.0 0.82 2.7 1.36 16.00 0.040 0.47
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MP06-10 -72 170 72.5 7.93 26.0 2.94 32.25 0.086 0.94
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INCLUDING 1.83 6.0 6.48 69.93 0.189 2.04
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MP06-11 -55 170 75.4 2.13 7.0 1.06 14.16 0.031 0.41
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The Company intends to a) continue this drill program on the Rachel Gold Vein, particularly to cut the vein at greater depth, b) drill several deeper holes on the Michelle Gold Vein, c) initiate a new exploration program on the Bonnie Zone (gold, silver, copper) and d) return to the Jupiter Gold Zone and follow up on last year's good results.

On behalf of the Board of Directors

"Les Kjosness"
President and Director

For more information:

www.goldenarchresources.com

Les Kjosness, President: 604-681-8222
[e-mail]

Kirsti Mattson, Corporate Communications/Media Relations: 604-202-2484
[e-mail]

The Company's exploration program is under the supervision of R.D. Somerville, P. Eng., a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Somerville is Vice President and COO of Golden Arch Resources Ltd.

Golden Arch Resources Ltd. is a metals, oil, and gas and exploration company based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Its principal asset is the Mildred Peak Copper, Gold and Silver property located in Arizona, USA acquired in 2001.

"The TSX Venture Exchange assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of

this Release and neither approves nor disapproves thereof."

SOURCE Golden Arch Resources Ltd.

For further information: http://www.goldenarchresources.com; Les Kjosness, President: [phone], [e-mail]; Kirsti Mattson, Corporate Communications/Media Relations: [phone], [e-mail]