Northern Shield Resources Inc. announced the election of Mr. Peter Dimmell, of St. John's, NL. to the Board of Directors of Northern Shield.

Mr. Dimmell is a professional geologist /prospector who has been involved in mineral exploration for 54 years, mainly in eastern Canada, but also in Mexico and overseas, working with Noranda, and Lacana/Corona and since 1992, a host of juniors. He is a Fellow of Geoscientists Canada; a past president (2004-06) of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC), a past Chairman, past executive director and past director of Mining Industry Newfoundland and Labrador, a member and past councillor of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC), a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), an associate member of both the Association of Applied Geochemists (AAG) and the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). He currently is also a director of VVC Exploration Corp.

and Sokoman Minerals Corp. Mr. Dimmell replaces Mr. Don Bubar, whom for reasons of time constraints, did not stand for re- election.