Monday September 8, 11:02 am ET
OTTAWA, Sept. 8 /CNW Telbec/ - Northern Shield Resources Inc. ("Northern Shield") (TSX-V: NRN - News) is pleased to announce that the first phase of drilling at Max has been completed with four holes drilled and a second phase of drilling has commenced. Northern Shield has the option to earn up to a 66% interest in the Max property from East West Resource Corporation ("East West") (EWR - TSX-V). All three holes drilled on the main target at Max intersected a mafic-ultramafic intrusion composed of peridotite, olivine-gabbronorite and troctolite. Two of the drill-holes (08MX-01 and 02) intersected local concentrations of disseminated chalcopyrite (copper sulphide), pentlandite (nickel sulphide), millerite (nickel sulphide) and chromite over very short intervals ((less than) 1 m).