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March 19, 2008 - Vancouver, British Columbia: Riverside Resources Inc. (TSX-V: RRI) is pleased to announce that it has filed for a 350 km2 exploration concession in the Penoles Mining District, Durango, Mexico. The claim surrounds the previously announced El Capitan mineral property and nearly doubles the Company's total land position in Mexico.

"The addition of 35,000 hectares to our existing El Capitan mineral concession represents a significant opportunity for Riverside," said John-Mark Staude, President and Chief Executive Officer, Riverside Resources. "The Penoles District is located in central metalliferous belt of Durango where the very successful Penoles Mining Company made its first discovery. Our El Capitan property has high potential for a hot spring gold deposit and our exploration team has identified a number of exploration targets within the new concession."

The El Capitan property is a hot spring type gold property in Durango, Mexico located near recent discoveries at San Augustin (Geologix), Penasquito (Goldcorp), Juanicipio (MAG Silver) and Camino Rojo (Canplats) in the same Durango-Zacatecas metalliferous belt. Previous drill programs have intersected gold mineralization at Capitan and surface programs have identified gold-bearing surface samples extending more than a kilometer. Riverside is completing an IP field survey and undertaking surface sampling and mapping in preparation for a drill campaign.

The Penoles Mining District has a diversity of deposit types, including the Jesús María Pb-Zn-Cu vein system, San Rafael Ag sulfosalts vein system and El Capitan hot spring and gold veining system. Skarn-type mineralization is also found at the La Purisima mine in the district. This type of superposition of diverse mineralization styles is common in major mining districts of Mexico (Staude and Barton, 2001).

Riverside operates with a generative exploration business model using experienced local prospectors, explorers and geologists to identify and acquire high quality mineral opportunities. Riverside looks for the most cost effective ways to build share value. To date, Riverside has announced four property acquisitions in Mexico which are summarized at www.rivres.com, and continues building a diverse mineral property portfolio.

Certain statements in this press release may be considered forward-looking information, which statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology (e.g., "expect" or "plans"). Such information involves known and unknown risks -- including the availability of funds, the results of financing and exploration activities, the interpretation of exploration results and other geological data, or unanticipated costs and expenses and other risks identified by Riverside in its public securities filings -- that may cause actual events to differ materially from current expectations. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Riverside disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For additional information contact:

Warwick Smith,
Corporate Communications
Riverside Resources Inc.
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John-Mark Staude,
President & CEO
Riverside Resources Inc.
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