Exhibit 32.1


                  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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
          31, 2004 ("Annual 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 Annual Report fairly presents,
          in all material respects, the financial condition and result of
          operations of the company.



Date: March 25, 2005                        /s/  Nigel F. Penney
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                                                 Nigel F. Penney
                                                 Chief Financial Officer