Ottawa (July 25, 2008) – Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern Shield") (TSX-V: NRN) is pleased to announce that Peter Walker has been appointed as a director of Northern Shield.

Mr. Walker was the founder, President and CEO of Scandinavian Minerals Ltd., a public mineral exploration and development company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, from 1996 until its acquisition this summer by First Quantum Minerals Ltd. for in excess of $260 million. Mr Walker graduated in Mining & Exploration Geology in 1973 from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London. He has more than 30 years of international experience in the metals and minerals industries, including marketing, trading and investment with companies such as Western Mining, Amalgamated Metal Corporation and the Metallurgical Group.