Origin Gold Announces Board Appointment

TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Origin Gold Corporation (“Origin Gold” or the “Company”) (TSXV: OIC) is pleased to announce that Fred Leigh has been appointed as a director and the non-executive chairman of the board of directors of the Company, effective immediately.

Mr. Leigh has over 35 years of experience working with early stage companies and has had a significant role as founder, director and/or investor in many public companies. He is also the founder and President of Siwash, a privately held company which, for over 28 years has invested in early stage opportunities in the resource sector. Siwash was an early investor in successful companies such as, Wheaton River Minerals, Hathor Exploration and Blue Pearl Mining. Mr. Leigh is an officer and director of various public companies including Halo Labs Inc., a leading cannabis extraction company listed on the NEO Exchange in Canada.

About Origin Gold

Origin is a mineral exploration company with its exploration activities focused in Colombia.

For additional information, please contact:
Jaime Lalinde
President and CEO
[email protected]
www.origingoldcorp.com

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information

This press release contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the appointment of directors of the Company. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company, as the case may be, to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

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