Golden Harp Resources Inc. Advised Of Drill Results -- Benton Hits High Grade Gold At Copper Hill A Property by 24hgold

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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Golden Harp Advised Of Drill Results -- Benton Hits High Grade Gold At Copper Hill A Property

Vancouver -- Thursday, June 18, 2009 -- Golden Harp Resources Inc. (TSXV:GHR) has been advised by Benton Resources Corp. (TSXV:BTC) of drill results for two of the seven holes recently completed on the Copper Hill Block A option property. Benton Resources issued a press release today - the verbatim text relating to Golden Harp Resources has been extracted and is included below:

BENTON HITS HIGH GRADE GOLD ON OPTIONED PROPERTY FROM GOLDEN HARP

Benton Resources Corp (BTC: TSX.V, "Benton" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has received results for drill holes GH09-02 and GH09-03 of a seven hole, 1625 metre drilling program recently completed on the Golden Harp Block A option located 30 km west of Gowganda, Ontario. The purpose of the drill program was to verify gold mineralization intersected in historic drilling on the Cook Zone as well as to test the continuity of the mineralization at depth and on strike. The Company is awaiting several in-fill samples from drill hole GH09-01 that should be received shortly. Most encouraging to date is hole GH09-02, which intersected several parallel zones of gold mineralization including a down hole intercept of 5.5 metres grading 11.9gpt. Drill hole GH09-03 was drilled below GH09-02 and cut two zones of gold mineralization, the deepest of which appears to have been displaced by a late gabbroic intrusion. Drill hole GH09-03 will be deepened in the next drill program in an attempt to drill through the gabbro body.

In addition to the Diamond drill program, a surface exploration program is well underway with a 41 km grid established, and ground geophysics (magnetics and induced polarization) and soil sampling in progress is to be followed by prospecting and geological mapping. The new grid extends southeast from the Cook Zone through to the MC Zone discovered by Golden Harp in 2008. The MC Zone, located 1.3 kilometres east-southeast of the Cook Zone, is hosted in a thick package of pyritic, green carbonate, albite and hematite altered ultramafic and mafic volcanic rocks. To date five holes have tested the MC Zone over a strike length of 220m. All holes intersected widespread anomalous gold mineralization with some of the better down hole mineralized intervals returning 44.0m of 0.89 gpt Au (including 2.0m of 4.01 gpt Au) from hole GH-025 and 9.0m of 3.6 gpt Au (including 2.0m grading 14.29 gpt Au) from hole GH-019. The results of the current exploration program will be followed up by a second phase Diamond drill program after the current ground work program is completed and compiled. Benton is earning up to a 70% interest in the project by spending $3.0 million on exploration along with issuing cash and shares (Benton P.R March 12, 2009). Benton is encouraged by the initial assays and awaits the results from the remaining five drill holes.

Table of assay composites for the first holes received is as follows:

DDH	From (m)	To (m)	Length (m)**	Au (gpt)
GH09-02	114.7	117.7	3	2.4
	130.4	135.9	5.5	11.97
	152	157.3	5.3	3.04
GH09-03*	138.3	139.8	1.5	2.79
	217.6	220.1	2.5	2.5

*DDH GH09-03 to be deepened
**Length is down hole length

Benton currently has approximately $13.5 million in cash, owns a 34.3% interest in Coro Mining Corp (TSX.COP), holds an approximate 5% interest in Marathon PGM Corp (TSX.MAR) and retains a 2% Net Smelter Royalty on the northern portion of the Marathon PGM deposit.

Clinton Barr (P.Geo.), V.P. Exploration for Benton Resources Corp., is the qualified person responsible for this release.

The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.

For further information contact Stephen Stares @:
611 Montreal Street
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 3P2
Phone (807) 475-7474
Fax (807) 475-7200
www.bentonresources.com

Investor relations: In Canada:
First Canadian Capital
Daniel Boase
Phone (416) 742 5600
Fax (416) 742 6410

About Golden Harp
Golden Harp Resources Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company. Its 145 square km, Copper Hill gold and base metal project is located 100 kilometres south of Timmins, along Highway 560 between Shining Tree and Gowganda, Northern Ontario. The property, situated along the projected western extension of the Cadillac Larder Lake Break in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, hosts several gold zones in a variety of geological settings; a copper zone; and large portions of the property remain to be evaluated. The Company has 24,673,042 shares outstanding.

For Further Information about Golden Harp, please visit our website at www.goldenharpresources.com or contact:

Natasha Blackburn, President and CEO
Tel: 604-688-4277

Kevin Filo, Senior Geologist
Tel: 705-268-0371

Statements contained in this news release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, which are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainness and other factors that may cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results may vary, and future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements cannot be guaranteed.

The information contained in the press release is a verbatim extract of the press release issued by Benton Resources Corp. Although Golden Harp believes the information included in the press release to be generally reliable, the data has not been independently verified and Golden Harp does not assume any liability for the accuracy or completeness of such information.

The TSX Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the information contained herein.

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