VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 17, 2010) - Rainy River Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:RR) (the "Company" or "Rainy") announces results of the Company's Annual General Meeting held on March 16, 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. Stu Averill, Nelson Baker, Leo Berezan, Dale Peniuk, Raymond Threlkeld and Gerald Shields were re-elected to the Board.

Shareholders also approved the appointment of Davidson & Company LLP as auditors of the Company and ratified the Company's Stock Option Plan.

Immediately following the AGM, the Board held a meeting and appointed members to each of its three standing committees and re-appointed the following Company officers:

President & CEO – Raymond Threlkeld

Vice President, Administration - Gerald Shields

Vice President, Exploration - Stuart Averill

Vice President, Operations – Garett Macdonald

Chief Financial Officer - Jim Grinnell

Corporate Secretary - Liz Caridi

About Rainy River Resources Ltd.

Rainy River Resources is a Canadian precious metals exploration company whose key asset is the Rainy River gold project. With approximately CAN$69 million in its treasury, the Company is well funded to conduct a dual-focused drilling program consisting of: 1) definition diamond drilling of the main gold resources in preparation for scoping and pre-feasibility studies, and 2) selective diamond drill testing of high-priority gold targets defined primarily by RC drilling within the large gold system centered in Richardson Township. The Company's property is extremely well located in the southwestern corner of northern Ontario near the U.S. border. It is accessed by a network of roads and is close to hydro-electric infrastructure. The Rainy River district has a skilled labour force and is one of the lowest-cost areas for mineral exploration and development. Ontario has low political risk and, according to the annual Fraser Institute global survey of the mining industry, has consistently ranked as one of the top jurisdictions embracing mineral development.

RAINY RIVER RESOURCES LTD.

Raymond W. Threlkeld
President & CEO

This release includes certain statements that may be deemed to be "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical fact, that address events or developments that the Company expects to occur, are forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "intends", "estimates", "projects", "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will", "would", "may", "could" or "should" occur. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially from those in forward looking statements. Factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include gold prices, results of exploration and development activities, regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of materials and equipment, timeliness of government approvals, continued availability of capital and financing and general economic, market or business conditions. The Company cautions that the foregoing list of important factors is not exhaustive. Investors and others who base themselves on the Company's forward-looking statements should carefully consider the above factors as well as the uncertainties they represent and the risk they entail. The Company believes that the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are reasonable, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. Please see the public filings of the Company at www.sedar.com for further information.