Ottawa (May 2 , 2012) – Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern Shield") (TSX-V: NRN) is pleased to announce results from the five hole drill program completed to date at Northern Shield’s 100% owned Tempest property, in northern Ontario, which include two gold mineralized zones intersected in drill-hole TP12-07. Highlights include: 9 meters of 19 g/t Ag and 1 meter of 12.4 g/t Au from drill-hole 12TP-07 and 16.74 meters of 29.6 g/t Ag and 1 meter of 3% Zn in the extension of drill-hole 11TP-01.