TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Origin Gold Corporation (“Origin Gold” or the “Company”) (TSXV: OIC) is pleased to announce that Jaime Lalinde has been appointed as the chief executive officer and president of the Company and Algimantas Didziulis has been appointed to the Company’s board of directors, each appointment to be effective immediately.
Mr. Jaime Lalinde is a former vice president of private banking at Citibank N.A.  Mr. Lalinde spent 20 years in the banking industry, working for Chase Bank and Citibank where he was team leader and country manager for the Mexican and Colombian jurisdictions. Mr. Lalinde received a B.A. at Bogota’s University of Los Andes and obtained Masters’ Degrees in philosophy and political science at the University of Illinois.  Mr. Lalinde was the founder and President of La Esperanza Mining and helped found Muisca Resources, Roble Energy and Fura Gems. Mr. Algimantas Didziulis is the former Colombian Country Manager for TransCanada Pipelines and Enbridge and he is currently active as an investor, board member and business advisor to various companies. The appointments of Mr. Lalinde and Mr. Didziulis follow Jean Depatie’s resignation as a director of the Company and Réjean Gosselin’s resignation as chief executive officer and president of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Gosselin remains a director of the Company and has agreed to remain with Origin Gold as a special advisor to the board and Mr. Lalinde. The board and management of the Company express their gratitude to Mr. Depatie for his efforts and extensive contributions and wish him well in his future endeavours.About Origin GoldOrigin is a mineral exploration company with its exploration activities focused in Colombia.For additional information, please contact:
Jaime Lalinde
President and CEO
[email protected]
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