Golden Harp Resources announces corporate appointments

VANCOUVER , Jan. 8 /CNW/ - Golden Harp Resources Inc. (TSXV:GHR) today announced the following corporate appointments effective immediately: John F. Morgan has been appointed as Chairman of the Board; Ian D. Robertson has been appointed Corporate Secretary; and Abdul Allibhai, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer, replacing Alec Peck who resigned effective December 31, 2009 .

We look forward to building on Golden Harp's successes with Abdul's assistance; and welcome the continuity and dedication provided by John and Ian in their ongoing commitment to Golden Harp Resources.

Mr. Morgan has been a director of Golden Harp since 2006. He has over 35 years experience in management, marketing and sales. As President of Labatt's Breweries of Canada (1990-1993), Mr. Morgan led a company turnaround in Canada that saw both market share and profit increase significantly. A proven leader with both start-up and large company experience, Mr. Morgan was CEO of Versacold, Canada's largest cold storage company and Cryopak Industries Inc., a start-up temperature - controlling packaging business. He is currently adjunct Professor of Marketing at the Simon Fraser Business School. In 2004 Mr. Morgan became a Director and Chairman of Russell Brewing Company (TSX-V). Mr. Morgan holds an MBA from Queen's University.

Ian Robertson was a director of Golden Harp from 2006-2009. Mr. Robertson is partner in the Vancouver law firm Robertson Neil LLP as well as concurrently acting as President of DLR Capital Corporation a Vancouver-based investment company. Mr. Robertson received his law degree from the University of Manitoba in 1970. From 1997 to 2003 Mr. Robertson was partner at ISYS Venture Partners management consulting.

With the departure of Alec Peck , the Company has appointed Mr. Abdul Allibhai as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Allibhai is a chartered accountant and has managed his own accounting practice for over 25 years. The Company thanks Alec Peck for his service and valuable contribution and wishes him well in his future endeavours.

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. The Company has 24,684,042 shares outstanding.

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 our forward looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations in our forward looking statements are reasonable, actual results may vary, and we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.

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

For further information: Natasha Blackburn, President and CEO, Tel: [phone], Email: [email protected], Web: www.goldenharpresources.com