Ottawa (June 16, 2009) – Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern Shield") (TSX-V: NRN) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a diamond drill program at its 100% owned Eastbank Property in the James Bay Lowlands of northern Ontario. The 1,200 metre program is designed to confirm management’s interpretation that the 750 square kilometer property is underlain by the ultramafic portion (Critical Zone) of the Highbank Lake Intrusive Complex that extends eastward from the Highbank property. A magnetic trend, that can be traced on airborne geophysics for 80-100 kilometers and, may represent the ultramafic layers, will be the main focus of the drilling. PGE reefs are generally contained within, or just above, the ultramafic portion of layered intrusive complexes.

The Highbank Lake and Eastbank properties are being explored for reef-type PGE mineralization and are located up-ice from till samples where grains of nickel, copper and platinum minerals as well as numerous boulders of chromitite have been previously discovered by Northern Shield.