SILVER SHIELD COMMENCES DRILLING AT WELSH SILVER MINE

BURLINGTON, ON, April 7 /CNW/ -- 
BURLINGTON, ON, April 7 /CNW/ - Silver Shield Resources (TSXV: SSR) is pleased to announce that it has begun a minimum 1,200 metre diamond
 drilling program at its Welsh Silver Mine in the Elk Lake , Ontario.
 The drill is presently located to the south of Silver Claim Lake and
 later it will be moved to the Welsh Silver Mine.  Due to the close
 proximity of the drilling and shallow nature of the Welsh Mine area
 mineralization the company expects holes to be drilled in 100-200 metre
 lengths.  Phase II drilling completed by the company previously
 encountered mineralized vein swarming to the south east of the mine. A
 subsequent small stripping program that was done in the area located
 these swarms on surface and the company is anxious to drill this area.


With new staking completed in the area by Silver Shield, the Company
 feels it has secured its position in this area. Upon geological review,
 certain targets hope to be identified on these new claims and a small
 number of exploratory drill holes completed.


To aid in the companies already large data base of the mine, a survey of
 the area around the mine and to the east of the mine is being
 commissioned.  The survey report will identify old markings and
 elevations , relevant points including the Welsh shaft, shaft southeast
 of Welsh main shaft the adit to the Welsh Silver Mine and all diamond
 drill holes. With this survey it is felt the Company can more
 accurately locate the workings and mineralized areas of the mine on
 previous technical reports and aid in the new drilling.


Tim D. Towers commented "We are pleased to be back in the Historic
 Producing "Silver Belt of Ontario". The Welsh Silver Mine and
 surrounding area has a rich heritage and the company feels in these
 times of escalating silver, Elk Lake is the place to be. With an
 expanded claim package around the Welsh Mine, and drilling by Amador
 Gold (AGX-TSX-V) ongoing on their property in close proximity to Silver
 Shield, we are enthused and excited for this area play. Our
 shareholders have been patient and supportive and we look forward to
 rewarding their patience.  I urge all investors to review our original
 43-101 technical report on the Welsh Silver Mine. After this drill
 campaign we will be up-dating our original 43-101."


About the Former Producing Welsh Silver Mine


In 1908, The Welsh Silver Mine shaft was sunk on the #1 vein, to 160
 feet and levels established at 75' and 150'. On the 75 foot level five
 veins were developed, Ag-rich lenses were outlined on these veins, but
 were never mined. In 1963 Welsh Silver Mines removed a bulk sample from
 the #4 vein that had an average grade of 22 oz Ag/ton.


Approximately 700 metres southeast of the Welsh Shaft and south of
 Silver Claim Lake another set of veins occur but in a north-south
 direction. In 1980 and 1982, 25,568 feet of surface drilling was
 performed on the Cameron Mine property immediately north of the SSR
 property. An underground ramp was developed in a southerly direction to
 the SSR claim boundary by Teck-Lacana in 1983 to prepare the property
 for production, along with a total of 3,885.5 feet of underground
 drilling. These veins were shown to extend onto the SSR ground and have
 been the subject of drilling by both Teck-Lacana and SSR. Recent
 diamond drilling by Silver Shield has intersected numerous high-grade
 silver vein swarms e.g. SCL-08-02 (0.15m @ 2,659.5g/t Ag), SCL-08-09 (0.20m @ 2,589.2 g/t Ag) over a 200+m strike length tracing numerous veins south and extending
 below the thin Cobalt sedimentary cover.  The southern extensions of
 these veins are now covered by the expanded property.



 





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