Origen Resources Inc. announced the start of fieldwork at its 100% owned Los Sapitos Lithium Project in San Juan Province, Argentina. Two field teams will begin sampling four priority areas within the 26,962 hectare district-scale project, following up the discovery of production-grade lithium in a previous brine sample. The Los Sapitos Lithium Project is a new discovery from the same technical team that discovered the Marianas Lithium Project in the Salta province of Argentina, soon to be put into production by Ganfeng Lithium.

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. The company's 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. Ulexite (a boron evaporite mineral) has also been identified at Los Sapitos and indicates that concentrated boron-bearing brines have been present. Origen plans to follow this field work with gravity surveys, additional geochemical programmes and airborne/satellite exploration, leading to initial drill testing in Fourth Quarter of 2023.