NRN.V · 2019-08-14 12:00:00

Exploration Update on Shot Rock and Root & Cellar

Exploration Programs

Exploration Update on Shot Rock and Root &

Cellar

OTTAWA

Aug. 14, 2019

Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern Shield" or the "Company")

(TSXV: NRN) is pleased to provide an update on exploration at the Shot Rock Gold Property ("Shot

Rock") in

Nova Scotia

, and the Root & Cellar Gold Property ("Root & Cellar") in

Newfoundland

; both

of which are being explored for epithermal gold mineralization. Northern Shield can earn up to an

80% interest in the Shot Rock and 100% in Root & Cellar.

Map of the discovery area of the Highway Zone at Shot Rock showing relative position of the newly

identified Silica Cap to zones of quartz veining. Inset: Model cross- section of the discovery area.

(CNW Group/Northern Shield Resources Inc.)

Shot Rock

Grab sample results from two sample batches totalling 141 samples from Highway Zones at Shot

Rock have been received. Sixty percent of the samples from these latest batches returned

anomalous gold (>0.025 g/t Au) with 28% over 0.1 g/t Au and a high of 2.5 g./t Au.

Importantly, field crews have identified numerous outcrops in the Highway Zone of what the

company now believes to represent a silica cap. These shallowly dipping horizons sometimes have

the appearance of a banded quartz vein but are now interpreted to be the result of the silicification of

lacustrine sediments that are forming at the same time as the epithermal event. The identification of

such a silica cap is viewed as a significant step forward in understanding the Shot Rock mineralizing

system, as the main veins, often hosting better mineralization, are typically located directly beneath

the silica cap. Remnants of a silica cap in outcrop also indicate a high level of exposure and

suggests that the system is largely preserved.

This silica cap carries weakly to moderately enriched gold values (0.025-0.1 g/t Au) and generally

subordinate silver that relate to leakage through the silica cap. Stockwork veining and occasional

larger veins (usually colloform/crustiform banded) are locally exposed where the silica cap is eroded

and carry higher gold grades (0.1-5.3 g.t Au) and have higher silver:gold ratios. Field crews have

recently exposed a 5 meter-wide vein consisting of banded quartz, milky quartz and quartz breccia

below the silica cap outcrops on the western flank of the Highway Zone.

The resistant nature of the silica cap and its shallow dip explains the spatial coincidence of the

epithermal discovery with the flat top hill on which it is centered. The silica cap covers an area 250

metres wide and 300 metres long with additional outcrop of gold bearing stockwork being

downslope, a further 300 metres to the south.

"Thanks to our field crew, we now have a much better grasp of the epithermal system at Shot Rock;

we now know where we are in the system with greater confidence; we can distinguish the different

components of the system and; we understand the grade variation. We can now focus in on chasing

those gold-bearing components," explains Northern Shield President and CEO,

Ian Bliss

. "The

stockwork veining we see, where the silica cap has been eroded on the flanks of the hill, are the

very tip of the vein system and typically grade between 0.1 to 1 g/t at Shot Rock That's not bad for

being so high up in the system," continues Mr. Bliss.

A drill program to test the system directly below the silica cap and the down dip extension of the

stockwork is being planned for the fall on completion of the mapping and sampling.

Root & Cellar

Thirteen of forty-two grab samples collected from a recent reconnaissance of the Drop Zone and

Conquest Zone at the Root & Cellar property returned greater than 1 g/t Au with a high of 5.3 g/t Au

and 113 g/t Ag with a further sixteen samples assaying between 0.1 and 1 g/t Au. A property wide

soil/till sample program is now underway which will be followed by a mechanical trenching program.

The objective of the trenching program is to expose the full width of the known gold occurrences and

trace them along strike, guided by the results of the soil sample program.

The programs are being overseen by

Christine Vaillancourt

, P. Geo., the Company's Chief Geologist

and a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101. Samples were analyzed by ALS Global in

Sudbury, Ontario

and in

Vancouver, BC

, for Au by Fire Assay with ICP-AES finish and base metals

by four acid digestion and ICP-AES. All standards and duplicates by ALS meet targeted values.

Root & Cellar

Shot Rock

5.32

113

1.195

2.56

11.5

0.55

11.4

5.19

3.4

1.085

2.23

6.4

0.495

0.8

5.08

2.6

1.03

1.4

1.535

1.8

0.453

10.4

4.64

4.8

0.771

1.8

1.505

1.9

0.45

12.8

4.16

29.3

0.753

0.8

1.395

0.412

5.4

2.77

45.4

0.691

3.8

1.28

2.7

0.391

3.5

2.74

2.4

0.601

2.5

1.28

2.6

0.36

1.9

3.7

0.589

1.2

1.165

19.3

0.288

6.5

1.805

2.1

0.508

0.666

0.254

2.6

1.205

26.9

0.463

3.6

0.623

<0.5

0.249

0.8

Top twenty Root & Cellar and Shot Rock respective assay results from current sample batches.

(Assays in g/t)

Northern Shield Resources Inc. is a Canadian-based company focused on generating high-quality

exploration programs with experience in many geological terranes. It is known as a leader in

executing grass roots exploration program for Ni-Cu-PGEs and utilizing expertise and innovation

toward working on other deposit types. Seabourne Resources Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Northern Shield focussing on epithermal gold and related deposits in

Atlantic Canada

and elsewhere.

Forward-Looking Statements Advisory

This news release contains statements concerning the exploration plans, results and potential for

epithermal gold deposits, and other mineralization at the Company's Nova Scotia properties,

geological, and geometrical analyses of the properties and comparisons of the properties to known

epithermal gold deposits in

Nevada

and elsewhere, and other expectations, plans, goals, objectives,

assumptions, information or statements about future, 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 and analysis.

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.

Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in

policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this

release.

SOURCE

Northern Shield Resources Inc.

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For further information:

Northern Shield Resources Inc., Ian Bliss, President and CEO, Tel.: (613)

232-0459, Fax: (613) 232-0760, [email protected]

CO: Northern Shield Resources Inc.

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