January 20^th, 2011, VANCOUVER, B.C. – ASHBURTON VENTURES INC. (ABR-TSX:V) (ARB-FRANKFURT)  (“Ashburton” or the "Company”) is pleased to provide additional assays for its Deep Creek Project located 112 kilometres north of Elko, Nevada. New samples from the Upper Vein have assayed 148 g/t and 68.4 g/t gold, which extend the higher gold content zone (>10 g/t Au) five meters southward along strike, for a total extent of 35 meters. Considered with previous assays, the results indicate continuity in gold content along select portions of both veins that will be targeted for follow-up sampling and drilling in the 2011 exploration program. The Waterfall Vein, with an outcrop length of over 200 meters, has returned a second assay of 25.5 g/t Au, which with a previous assay of 20.5 g/t Au extends the higher gold content zone to roughly three meters along strike.

Upper Vein Area

The Upper Vein Area is located 700 meters north of the Waterfall Vein, with a north-northwest strike length of over 640 meters. Several previous assays of the Waterfall Vein indicate a high gold content zone (>10 g/t Au) of roughly 30 meters. Two new vein samples have assayed at 148 g/t and 68.4 g/t gold, and extend the high gold zone five meters southward for a total extent of 35 meters. Three samples of breccia located 375 meters north of the higher gold content zone and offset on north-south structures assayed at 0.10-0.19 g/t Au.

Waterfall Vein Area

The Waterfall Vein system strikes north-northwest with an approximate length of roughly 200 meters (see news release, January 18^th, 2011). A previous sample of the Waterfall Vein assayed at 20.5 grams per tonne gold over a 0.5 meter interval, and a new sample collected three meters north along the vein has assayed at 25.5 g/t Au over a 1.5 meter width. Together, the samples define a strike length of roughly three meters for higher gold content (>10 g/t Au) in the Waterfall Vein. Two samples of breccia located 80 meters north and offset from the Waterfall vein were also assayed at 0.37 and 0.44 g/t gold.

Assays for the Upper Vein and Waterfall Vein areas are summarized in the table below, and images of their distribution can be viewed at the Ashburton website www.ashburtonventures.com .

Assays from the Upper Vein and Waterfall Vein Areas.        

The technical contents of this release were approved by Dr. Tom McCandless, P.Geo., Vice President, Exploration for Ashburton and a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101.

Ashburton Ventures is a junior exploration company actively seeking mineral opportunities for the benefit of all its stakeholders.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
Michael England, President

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