Northern Shield Resources Inc. announced that it has commenced this season's exploration programs at Root & Cellar ("Root & Cellar" or the "Project"). Root & Cellar is located on the Burin Peninsula in southeastern Newfoundland. Northern Shield can earn up to a 100% interest in the Project, which is being explored for epithermal gold-silver and porphyry-copper mineralization.

A ground Induced Polarization (IP) geophysical survey is underway with some mechanical trenching to take place concurrently and further trenching after the IP survey is completed. The IP survey lines are being run in an east-west direction with the objective of better defining the northerly-trending feeder structures that will be targeted in the following diamond drilling program. Current interpretation indicates it is these northerly-trending structures that carry the higher-grade gold including visible gold.

Trenching will focus on exposing the feeder mineralization where they are interpreted to come near to surface.