Mr. Alex Bugden reports

SORRENTO RESOURCES ENGAGES DR. PHILLIP HELLMAN AS TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Sorrento Resources Ltd. has engaged Dr. Phillip Hellman as technical adviser to the company.

Dr. Phillip Hellman (BSc honours, PhD, fellow AIG) is an associate of Behre Dolbear Australia and an associate of H&S Consultants Pty. Ltd. with more than 40 years of experience as a professional geologist. Dr. Hellman is the former managing director of Hellman and Schofield Pty. Ltd. He has worked on numerous primary and ionic adsorption rare earth projects in Australia, Africa, Asia, Brazil, East Timor, India, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Malawi, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia and United States. He is the author of various specialist academic and applied papers on rare earth deposits and has presented to the EURARE, the European rare earth industry's specialist organization. He is a competent person under the Joint Ore Reserves Committee Code.

Dr. Hellman undertook postgraduate (PhD) studies in experimental petrology and geochemistry at Macquarie University and University of Cambridge (United Kingdom) from 1975 to 1978. Papers from this work were published in a number of journals including Nature, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters. A major part of his PhD was concerned with neutron activation analysis of rare earth elements and electron probe microanalysis. This research resulted in the documentation of the mobility of rare earth elements in a variety of geological environments, and provided evidence that the then prevailing view of REE largely being immobile during alteration processes required revision.

Management commentary

Alex Bugden, PGeo, director and qualified person of Sorrento, commented: "The addition of Dr. Hellman to the Sorrento team will be a tremendous asset. He brings decades of knowledge both in academia and industry to the table, specifically in rare earth elements. This is a unique combination that positions us well to progress the Bottom Brook REE project in a well-thought and diligent way."

About Sorrento Resources Ltd.

Sorrento is engaged in acquisition, exploration and development of mineral property assets in Canada. Sorrento's objective is to locate and develop economic precious and rare earth element, gold, and base metal properties of merit, including the Bottom Brook project, the Rodgers Cove gold project and the Harmsworth (volcanogenic massive sulphide) project, all located in Newfoundland.

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