Ottawa, Ontario (May 15, 2013) - Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern Shield") [TSXV: NRN] is pleased to announce the intersection of significant visible gold during the first phase of a 3,000 metre drilling program being carried out this spring at the Wabassi VMS (volcanogenic massive sulphide) project located in northwestern Ontario. The Wabassi project is being explored under a 49/51 JV with Discovery Harbor Resource Corp. [TSXV:DHR].