Goldstone Files NI 43-101 Technical Report for Hardrock Project

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/18/11 -- Goldstone Resources Inc. (TSX: GRC)(PINK SHEETS: GRSZF) today announced the filing of an updated NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate for the Hardrock Project on SEDAR. The effective of the report is dated April 5, 2011 and is available for review under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.

The report was prepared by Micon International Limited and lists the following as Qualified Persons for the purposes of NI 43-101: Charley Murahwi, P.Geo., Sam Shoemaker, Jr., B.Sc., MAusIMM., Reg.Mem. SME., and Richard Gowans, P.Eng.

The Hardrock Project is a joint venture located just south of the town of Geraldton, Ontario in which Goldstone holds a 30% carried interest and Premier Gold Mines Limited (TSX: PG), as operator, holds a 70% interest.

About Goldstone

Goldstone Resources Inc. is a gold exploration and development company operating in the historically significant Geraldton-Beardmore camp of Northwestern Ontario and focused on gold exploration and deposit delineation at its Key Lake, Brookbank, Northern Empire and Leitch-Sand River gold properties, and as a partner in the Hardrock Project joint venture with Premier Gold. Goldstone's 100%-owned NI 43-101 resources in the Beardmore area total more than 800,000 ounces. In April 2011, Premier announced an updated NI43-101 resource estimate for the Hardrock Project in the Geraldton area of 3.6 million ounces of gold in which Goldstone has a 30% interest (more than 1 million ounces). The camp is host to several past producers in a district that has historical production of more than 4.1 million ounces of gold from high grade ore before being shut down primarily as a result of a $35 gold price-and to Goldstone's fully permitted, expandable 200-TPD Northern Empire mill.

Further information is available on the Company's website at www.goldstoneresourcesinc.com and on SEDAR under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Contacts:

Goldstone Resources Inc.

Philip Cunningham

Chairman and Interim CEO

(416) 860-1636
www.goldstoneresourcesinc.com