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Origen Resources Receives Positive Results from Los Sapitos
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 6, 2022) - Origen Resources Inc. (CSE: ORGN) (FSE: 4VXA) (the "Company" or "Origen") is pleased to anno
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[{"type":"text","content":" Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - September 6, 2022) - Origen Resources Inc. (CSE: ORGN) (FSE: 4VXA) (the \"Company\" or \"Origen\") is pleased to announce that it has received results from its initial sampling program on its prospective lithium bearing Los Sapitos project in San Juan Province, Argentina. Prior to the early onset of winter in the southern hemisphere, the Company's consultants were able to investigate and sample 12 sites at Los Sapitos. \"We are encouraged with the new data we received which shows evidence the project has the potential to host all three target styles of lithium we had hoped to be present; lithium in brine, lithium in hot springs, and lithium in clay. Our global search utilizing our teams 15 years of lithium exploration and development experience culminated with their refined exploration techniques has enabled us to have a 'first mover status' on a new lithium rich frontier. This has resulted in our acquisition of a very large land position in a highly prospective new lithium rich region,\" states Gary Schellenberg, Company CEO. Key Highlights: Evidence of three lithium target styles (brine, hot spring and clay hosted) within the Los Sapitos area. Of the 12 sites sampled, four of these contained clay mineralogy favourable for hosting lithium; three with illite and one with montmorillonite. Brine temperatures increase toward the higher lithium values suggesting a hot spring near or as a source of lithium. Sites with illite clay signatures have significantly higher lithium by strong acid digestion. Exploration and development at Lithium Americas Corp's (LAC.T) Hackett Pass project in Nevada has demonstrated the importance of illite for clay hosted lithium. The initial program focused on obtaining representative samples of both brine and clay, primarily in the northern part of Los Sapitos salar. This work was successful and done in preparation for property wide sampling, geophysical and remote sensing programs expected to start as soon as weather permits. 12 sites were investigated and sampled for both brine and sediment. All of the sediment samples were taken from near surface exposures and five of the 12 sites were found to contain clay minerals with four containing clay minerology favourable for hosting Lithium. Three contiguous sample sites contained illite and one site contai...