Origin Gold Corporation 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. 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.