Ottawa (September 11, 2009) – Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern Shield") (TSX-V: NRN) is pleased to announce the completion of a soil sampling survey over its 100% owned Faint Hope property north of Cochrane, Ontario, which is being explored for Homestake-style gold mineralization. The property, which consists of 6 contiguous claims, covers what is interpreted from airborne geophysics to be an iron-formation intruded by a diorite or granite body that sits in the middle of a prominent, east-west regional fault zone. Northern Shield’s property is surrounded to the east and west by claims staked by Lake Shore Gold Corp.

“We are very encouraged by these early results and are currently evaluating certain possibilities to advance this very interesting gold prospect while maintaining our focus at Highbank Lake and our other PGE projects,” said Northern Shield’s president and CEO, Ian Bliss.