HASTINGS RESOURCES CORP.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, May 23, 2008

(No. 2008-05-05)

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Peeyush Varshney Appointed President

Vancouver, B.C. � May 23, 2008 � Hastings Resources Corp. (TSX Venture: HAS) (�Hastings� or the �Company�) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Peeyush Varshney as President of the Company. 

Mr. Varshney has been actively involved in the capital markets since 1996 and is a principal of Varshney Capital Corp., a private merchant banking, venture capital and corporate advisory firm. He is currently a director or officer of several public companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange, including Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. and Mantle Resources Inc.  He is also a director of The Varshney Family Charitable Foundation and is a member of the Business Families Center Advisory Board at the Sauder School of Business at UBC. Mr. Varshney obtained a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (Finance) in 1989 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1993, both from the University of British Columbia (UBC). He then articled at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy, of Vancouver, British Columbia, from 1993 to 1994 and has been a member of the Law Society of British Columbia since September 1994.

The Company has accepted the resignation of Mr. Rahim Jivraj from the Board of Directors.  The Board of Directors recognizes and thanks Mr. Jivraj for his contributions to the Company.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HASTINGS RESOURCES CORP.

�PRAVEEN VARSHNEY�

PRAVEEN VARSHNEY, CA

DIRECTOR