Ottawa, Ontario (May 21, 2019)–Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern Shield" or the "Company") [TSX-V: NRN] is pleased to announce that, through wholly owned subsidiary Seabourne Resources, it has signed an Option Agreement with prospector (“Prospector”) Jeffery Brushett that gives the Company the right to acquire a100% interest in the Root and Cellar Gold Project (the “Property”) located near the town of Creston on the Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland. The Property is being explored for low and intermediate sulfidation epithermal-type gold mineralization and also has potential for copper porphyry style mineralization.