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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;