Richfield Amends Option Plan, Grants Options and Reports Rights Plan Approval

Richfield Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:RVC) ("Richfield" or the "Company")
announces that it has amended its incentive stock option plan to increase the
number of common shares of the Company available for grant under the option plan
to 4,807,262 and granted 2,148,825 options under the amended option plan. The
Company also reports that the Company's shareholders rights plan was approved by
disinterested shareholders at its general meeting of shareholders held on
December 14, 2009.


The option grants are subject to TSX Venture Exchange acceptance and shareholder
approval of the amended option plan. The 2,148,825 incentive stock options were
granted to directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company, are
subject to vesting restrictions and are exercisable on or before December 22,
2014 at an exercise price of $1.25 per share. The 4,807,262 common shares of the
Company reserved for issuance under the amended option plan represents 20% of
the current issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.


Richfield Ventures Corp. is a public mineral exploration company trading on the
TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol RVC. Richfield has been actively acquiring
and exploring mineral tenures in the Quesnel Trough and Nechako Plateau regions
of British Columbia.