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OTTAWA, June 2, 2011 /CNW/ - Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern
Shield") (TSX-V: NRN) is pleased to announce a 1600-metre drill program
at Highbank is scheduled to commence in July of this year. In 2007,
drill-holes 01 and 05 intersected rock-types that are equivalent to
those seen at the very top of the Critical Zone in the Bushveld Complex
in South Africa. The "Critical Zone" marks the transition from mafic to
ultramafic rocks. In the Bushveld, the two main PGE-bearing reefs are
located just below this transition. Northern Shield will test the
southwestern and western portion of the layered intrusion with four or
five holes along strike from the two holes drilled in 2007, where
interpretations suggest that the "Critical Zone" comes closer to
surface. Previous work by Northern Shield has identified grains of
sperrylite (platinum sulphide) and pentlandite (nickel sulphide) along
with chromite grains and boulders in stream sediment samples
immediately down-ice from this target area. The drill program will also
test the continuation of the vanadium-titanium-iron-ore reef that was
discovered in the initial drill program at Highbank in 2006. On
completion of the drill program at Highbank it is planned to move the
drill to Wabassi to join the one already there. Updates of exploration
activity at Wabassi, including outstanding assays from the spring drill
program, should be available very shortly.


The drill program at Highbank, which is subject to the completion of a
financing currently underway, will be overseen by Christine
Vaillancourt, Chief Geologist for Northern Shield and a Qualified
Person under National Instrument 43-101.


Northern Shield is an innovative, results-driven Canadian company
focused on Platinum Group Element (PGE) exploration in Ontario and
Quebec and copper-zinc mineralization at Wabassi. Its mission is to
create a successful mineral exploration company through technical
excellence and efficient management, where success is measured by the
identification and development of high-quality mineral exploration
projects, which may ultimately be optioned, sold or developed for
maximum return on investment.


Forward-Looking Statements Advisory


This news release contains statements concerning the drilling and exploration
plans and potential for PGE mineralization at the Highbank Lake
property, geological, geophysical and/or geometrical analyses of the
Highbank Lake property, and other expectations, plans, goals,
objectives, assumptions, information or statements about future events,
conditions, results of exploration or performance that may constitute forward-looking statements or information under
applicable securities legislation. Such forward-looking statements or
information are based on a number of assumptions which may prove to be
incorrect.


Although Northern Shield believes that the expectations reflected in
such forward-looking statements or information are reasonable, undue
reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because
Northern Shield can give no assurance that such expectations will prove
to be correct. Forward-looking statements or information are based on
current expectations, estimates and projections that involve a number
of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those anticipated by Northern Shield and described in the forward-looking statements or information. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks associated with geological, geometrical and geophysical
interpretation and analysis, the ability of Northern Shield to obtain
financing, equipment, supplies and qualified personnel necessary to
carry on exploration and the general risks and uncertainties involved
in mineral exploration.


The forward-looking statements or information contained in this news
release are made as of the date hereof and Northern Shield undertakes
no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking
statements or information, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities
laws


No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority
has approved or disapproved the information contained herein.






For further information: on Northern Shield and its properties, please visit our website at http://www.northern-shield.com/">www.northern-shield.com or contact:

Northern Shield Resources Inc. Ian Bliss President and CEO Tel.: (613) 232-0459 Fax: (613) 232-0760 info@northern-shield.com