Golden Harp reports new gold zone discovered by Benton on Block A option

	    VANCOUVER, Oct. 1 /CNW/ - Golden Harp Resources Inc. (GHR:TSXV) today
announced that it has been advised by Benton Resources Corp. that a new gold
zone (the Crocker Zone) has been discovered approximately 300 metres north of
the MC Zone. Twenty surface grab samples collected over a strike length of 340
metres returned gold assay values ranging from 0.012 g/t to 9.65 g/t gold.
Highlights include 9.65, 9.50, 6.07, 2.27 and 2.24 g/t gold. In addition, 15
diamond drill holes (3,000 metres) have been completed to date in the ongoing
Phase 2 drill program.
	    Benton Resources Corp. issued a press release today - the verbatim text
is included below:

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	               BENTON DISCOVERS NEW GOLD ZONE ON BLOCK A OPTION
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	    Thunder Bay, Ontario: Benton Resources Corp (BTC: TSX.V, "Benton" or "the
Company") is pleased to announce that results from the summer prospecting
program on the Copper Hill Block A option, located 100 Km south of Timmins,
has identified a new gold zone (the Crocker Zone) with assay results of up to
9.65 grams per tonne (gpt) gold (Au) from surface grab samples. A total of 20
samples were collected over a strike length of 340 metres (m) with values
ranging from 0.012 gpt to 9.65 gpt Au. Five of the samples returned gold
values of greater than 2.0 gpt Au (9.65, 9.50, 6.07, 2.27 and 2.24 gpt Au)
while 9 samples returned values ranging from 0.15 to 0.81 gpt Au. This new
zone is located approximately 300m north of the MC zone where diamond drilling
in 2008 by Golden Harp Resources Inc. intersected 3.6 gpt Au over a core
length of 9.0m (including 14.29 gpt Au over 2.0 metres) from hole GH-019. Like
the MC zone, the Crocker Zone is hosted within pyrite-rich green carbonate
altered ultramafic volcanic rocks.
	    All samples were sent to Activation Laboratories, an accredited
laboratory in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The gold was analyzed utilizing a standard
fire assay and an atomic absorption finish.
	    Benton would also like to report that the phase II drill program on the
Block A property is in progress. To date, 15 holes (3,000m) of a 17 hole
(3,300m) program have been completed. The drill program is designed to test
the Cook and MC Zones as well as coincident IP chargeability and soil
anomalies located west, east, and on strike to the MC Zone. The program will
also test an IP target associated with the newly discovered gold-bearing
Crocker Zone. Assay results will be released as they are received.
	    Benton is a Canadian based junior with multiple joint ventures and a
diversified property portfolio in Gold, Nickel, Copper, and Platinum group
elements, which can be view on the company's web site post below. The company
currently has approximately $15.0 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 @:
	    Tel: (807) 475-7474
	    Fax (807) 475-7200
	    www.bentonresources.com

	    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. Golden Harp
recently optioned a portion of its claim units (the Block A Property) to
Benton Resources Corp. who have been actively working the property. The Block
A option covers 351 of Golden Harp's 855 claim units in the northeastern
portion of the Copper Hill project. Benton may earn up to a 70% interest in
the Block A by spending $3 million in exploration and issuing cash and shares
to Golden Harp (see NR March 12, 2009 for details). Golden Harp will continue
to explore and advance the significant gold and copper targets situated in its
504 claim units, which are contiguous to those in the Block A option. Golden
Harp has 24,673,042 shares outstanding.