Riverstone Grants Stock Option

• Press Release
• Source: Riverstone Resources Inc.
• On 6:09 pm EST, Thursday November 5, 2009

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2009) - Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RVS - News; FRANKFURT:3RV - News) announces that, pursuant to the Company's Stock Option Plan, a total of 150,000 incentive stock options have been granted to a consultant of the Company as defined by TSX Venture Exchange Policy 4.4. The options are exercisable for a five-year period at a price of $0.205 per share and are subject to regulatory approval and vesting provisions over an eighteen month period. The options will bear a four-month hold period and will expire on November 5, 2014.

Riverstone Resources Inc. is a company active in gold exploration in Burkina Faso, West Africa. For further information about the Company, please refer to the Company's website at www.riverstoneresources.com and under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

Michael D. McInnis, President

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Michael D. McInnis
Riverstone Resources Inc. - Vancouver Office
President
604-801-5020

Raju Wani
Riverstone Resources Inc.
Investor Relations
403-240-0555

Ron Cooper
Riverstone Resources Inc.
Investor Relations
604-986-0112
info@riverstoneresources.com
www.riverstoneresources.com