Origen Acquires Additional Land at Los Sapitos Lithium District in Argentina
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Origen Acquires Additional Land at Los Sapitos Lithium District in
Argentina
Vancouver, BC, April 1 7, 2023. Origen Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Origen”) (CSE:ORGN;
FSE:4VXA) is pleased to announce it has added to its large land package at its 100% owned Los Sapitos
Lithium Project in San Juan Province, Argentina. Origen has applied for 6,200 hectares just south east
of the main Los Sapitos area, covering a shallow basin.
Thomas Hawkins, Managing Director notes: “ We are very excited about wha t we are seeing in San
Juan and having a top-notch team in Argentina has allowed us to quickly move to add to our substantial
land holdings. Our field crews have just completed their work at Los Sapitos, so they can now be
dedicated to the new Los Toritos area to identify further priority areas. ”
Origen’s two field crews have just completed sampling and mapping work on the four priority areas
initially outlined at Los Sapitos. The Company currently plans to follow this field work with geophysical
surveys and is still on-track for the initial drill testing program planned for the second half of this year.
Origen’s Los Sapitos Lithium Project is located in the northern part of the San Juan Province in
Argentina. Discovered by Origen during a global search for lithium occurrences, the most prospective
part of Los Sapitos consists of 26,962 hectares of contiguous exploration licences, covering a lithium -
rich brine occurrence, with an additional 6,200 hectares less than 10 km away. Our lithium exploration
team has theorized that like at Clayton Valley, the brines are contained at depth in dipping aquifers
controlled by faults and therefore have never formed a conspicuously visible salt lake. Preliminary
water sampling in Los Sapitos indicated lithium levels similar to some established lithium salars – as
high as 390 mg/l (see news release dated October 13, 2021). This crucially demonstrates that Los
Sapitos has inflows with the right chemistry to generate lithium brines. Ulexite (a boron evaporite
mineral) has also been identified at Los Sapitos and indicates that concentrated boron-bearing brines
have been present.
Figure 1. Map of Los Toritos area, next to Los Sapitos Lithium Project area,
San Juan province, Argentina
Figure 2. Images of a field crew sampling at Los Sapitos
About Origen
Origen is fully focused on its 100% interest in the Los Sapitos Lithium project in Argentina and its 100%
interest in the 33,000 ha Newfoundland Lithium projects, and also holds a property portfolio of four
100% owned precious and base metal projects in so uthern British Columbia, a 100% interest in the
26,771 ha LGM project in the mineral rich Golden Triangle of British Columbia, and a portfolio of
investments from prior property joint ventures and sales.
John Harrop, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as that term is defined in NI 43-101 has prepared, supervised
the preparation or approved the scientific and technical disclosure in the news release.
On behalf of Origen,
Thomas Hawkins
Managing Director
For further information, please contact Gary Schellenberg, Chief Executive Officer, at 604-681-0221.
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the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
Certain of the statements made and information contained herein may constitute "forward- looking information." In
particular references to the private placement and future work programs or expectations on the quality or resul ts of such
work programs are subject to risks associated with operations on the property, exploration activity generally, equipment
limitations and availability, as well as other risks that we may not be currently aware of. Accordingly, readers are advised
not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Except as required under applicable securities legislation, the
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.