Origen Resources Inc.: Origen Acquires Additional Lithium Claims in Newfoundland
Origen Resources Inc.
(CSE: ORGN) (FSE: 4VX)
(the "Company" or "Origen") is pleased to announce that it has acquired two additional claim blocks covering 4,600 hectares within the Newfoundland Lithium Belt. This brings the Company's total holdings to over 33,000 hectares in this newly identified and highly prospective lithium corridor.
These new claims contain the following key characteristics as identified in the Company's earlier acquisitions that are indicative of lithium rich pegmatites:
Similar tectonic setting to Kings Mountain and lithium pegmatite occurrences in Ireland;
Age of the associated granite intrusive;
Areas known for pegmatite occurrences;