Riverside Resources Grants Options

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Dec 16, 2014) - Riverside Resources Inc. ("Riverside" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:RRI)(OTC PINK:RVSDF)(FRANKFURT:R99) announces that it has granted a total 1,087,000 incentive stock options (the "Options") to certain Directors, Consultants and Officers of the Company. The Options are exercisable at $0.27 per share for a period of five years from the date of grant. The Options were granted pursuant to the Company's shareholder-approved stock option plan and are subject to the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange and any applicable regulatory hold periods.

ON BEHALF OF Riverside Resources Inc.

Dr. John-Mark Staude, President & CEO

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