Mr. Gary Schellenberg reports

ORIGEN REPORTS RESULTS FROM ITS CRITICAL METALS PROJECTS IN SOUTHERN B.C.

Origen Resources Inc. has released results from the recently completed lidar and rock sampling programs on its 100-per-cent-owned, road-accessible Broken Handle and Bonanza projects located north of Grand Forks in Southern British Columbia.

Key highlights

Broken Handle:

• Complete lidar coverage over the Broken Handle project revealed at least 32 potential historical workings previously unknown to the company;
• Follow-up groundwork confirmed new mineralized showings returning up to 92 grams per tonne silver, 0.59 per cent copper and 0.377 g/t gold;
• Field observations prompted new staking application to increase the Broken Handle project by 356 hectares to cover an area of rediscovered significant historical mining activity.

Bonanza Mountain:

• Complete lidar coverage over the Bonanza project revealed at least 11 potential historical workings previously unknown to the company;
• Two shallow backpack drill holes were completed to determine representative grade and minerology of Main Shaft skarn returning a notable intercept of 0.52 per cent copper, 2.81 per cent zinc, 0.022 per cent tungsten and 10.8 g/t Ag over 0.9 metre;
• Tungsten grades noted within the Main Shaft skarn for the first time on the property.

"The shear number of new lidar generated targets across these two projects is quite impressive and is a testament to the mineral potential that the historic miners exploited. Some of the workings are quite expansive and would represent years of work to put in place. We hope by applying modern-day exploration methodology to the area, we can discover a new critical/precious metal camp that would rival the nearby historic Franklin camp," stated Gary Schellenberg, chief executive officer and director.

Broken Handle

Property highlights:

• Broken Handle is located three kilometres south of the prolific Franklin silver/gold mining camp, which was a centre of activity in the early 1900s and spanned a period of 76 years.
• Recent exploration work rediscovered several historically prominent mineral occurrences including showings that have not seen exploration work since the 1920s.
• Highlighted grab samples from prior Origen work include 23 g/t Au with 973 g/t Ag from the Zap showing, 7.17 g/t Au from the Alco showing, 0.53 g/t Au, 363 g/t Ag and 0.616 per cent Cu from the Morrell camp, and 0.5 g/t Au, 315 g/t Ag and 1.58 per cent Cu from the CPR showing.

The road-accessible Broken Handle project covers prospective geology as well as historical and new mineral showings similar in nature to those found at the prolific Franklin camp located three km north. Over a 76-year period, the Franklin camp produced greater than 1,392,000 ounces Ag and 55,500 oz Au (Union Minfile 082ENE003 production detail report). Two distinct styles of mineralization are evident at the project: polymetallic epithermal veins (silver-lead-zinc-copper plus or minus gold), potentially related to the regional Granby fault, and Cu-Pb-Zn-Ag-Au skarns associated with limestone and marble lenses in contact with intrusive rocks.

Assay results from the 2025 field campaign (see news release dated Oct. 16, 2025) confirm the prospectivity of the project, highlighted by the discovery of significant workings within the reverted Tripoli Crown grant and the extension of the Silver Queen vein at least 80 metres farther west.

On the Tripoli, an adit and associated blast pits/trenches were revealed by the lidar survey. Assays taken from outcrop here returned up to 0.59 per cent Cu and 15 g/t Ag. At the Silver Queen (Minfile 082ESE108), a blast trench was identified approximately 80 m west along strike of the Main shaft that exposed quartz vein material. A grab sample taken of the quartz material assayed 92 g/t Ag and 0.377 g/t Au, and a second sample assayed 41.6 g/t Ag and 0.18 per cent Cu, both of which compare favourably with historical sampling by the company at the Main showing. In total, 17 rock samples were submitted for assay; Cu values ranged from 64 to 5,878 parts per million, Ag from 0.2 to 92.14 ppm and Au from 0.04 to 0.377 ppm.

Also of significance, a large timber-framed adit with steel rail and numerous secondary workings was discovered just off the claims to the north in an area with no known mineralization. As the locality was not part of the property at the time, field personnel performed only cursory evaluations. An application has been submitted to encompass the workings with a new claim totalling 356.52 hectares. The claim status is currently pending approval under the new Mineral Claims Consultation Framework.

Origen plans an aggressive field program in 2026 to explore in detail the new workings and bring the project to drill-ready status. To facilitate this, a multiyear notice of work permit will be applied for, unmanned aerial vehicle aerial work and underground mapping will be contemplated, and geochemical grids will be extended both north and south to cover newly rediscovered historical workings.

Bonanza Mountain

Property highlights:

• Bonanza Mountain covers the historical Knight's Camp, a scene of significant exploration and development activity over a short period from the late 1800s through to the early 1900s.
• Exploration work by the company in 2018/2019 rediscovered underground and surface workings unexplored since the early 1900s and outlined a greater-than-one-kilometre-long polymetallic soil anomaly associated with these workings.
• Highlighted grab samples from 2018/2019 include 2.44 per cent Cu and 31 g/t Ag from the Main Shaft, 266 g/t Ag, 3.14 per cent Pb and 5.31 per cent Zn from the Cataclasite showing, and 19.7 g/t Au and 28 g/t Ag from the Winze showing.

The Bonanza Mountain property consists of three claims totalling 802 hectares, is readily road-accessible and is situated approximately 20 km due north of Grand Forks, B.C., on the east slope of the Granby River. The project encompasses the historic Knight's Camp, centred on the Bonanza, Mountain View, Colorado and Nevada lapsed Crown grants on what is locally known as Bonanza Mountain. The project is prospective for Cu-Zn-Ag-W skarn and Au-Ag epithermal mineralization.

The 2025 field program focused on obtaining the representative grade and mineralogy of the skarn occurrence at the Main shaft in addition to ground-truthing some of the new lidar features. Over all, nine total samples were submitted for assay. Results ranging from 33 to 15,580 ppm Cu, 0.2 to 23.3 g/t Ag, three to 28,100 ppm zinc and 0.07 to 222 ppm tungsten were obtained.

Two backpack drill holes were completed at the Main shaft. The first hole collared into chlorite-epidote skarn with malachite on fracture planes near surface. This interval returned 0.52 per cent Cu, 2.81 per cent Zn, 0.022 per cent W and 10.82 g/t Ag over 0.9 m. The second hole was collared approximately 0.5 m east, also encountering chlorite-epidote skarn, but with no visible copper staining. Hole 2 assayed 0.59 per cent Cu, 2.77 per cent Zn and 6.4 g/t Ag over 0.65 m.

Two grab samples were taken from the edge of the Main shaft, returning 1.56 per cent Cu, 0.13 per cent Zn and 8.2 g/t Ag from sample C0153123 and 0.62 per cent Cu, 0.66 per cent Zn and 23.3 g/t Ag from sample C0153124.

A new showing was discovered on the south slope of Bonanza Mountain while following up on suspected historical workings identified from the lidar survey. Collected in the vicinity of multiple previously unknown blast pits and shallow adits covering an area of roughly 300 square metres, sample C0153127 assayed 0.28 per cent Cu and 10.3 g/t Ag.

Follow-up activities planned for 2026 will include UAV aerial work and further ground-truthing of lidar prospects to bring this project to drill-ready status. In anticipation, the company will be applying for a multiyear notice of work permit to facilitate more advanced exploration.

Sample preparation and quality assurance/quality control

Origen fieldwork followed industry standard practices. Rock samples were collected by the field crew, placed into clear poly bags and labelled. All samples were transported directly from the property and stored securely in camp. Samples were analyzed by MSALabs of Langley, B.C., a certified analytical laboratory (ISO 9001 and ISO 17025) with experience in the chemical analysis of geological materials.

Samples were prepared using code PRP-910 (dry, crush one kilogram to two millimetres, split 250 grams and pulverize to 85 per cent minus 75 micrometres). Samples were analyzed by code IMS-128, in which 20 g of pulverized analyte is dissolved in true aqua regia and then subjected to ICP-ES and ICP-MS to produce a 39-element suite.

Due to the grassroots nature of the fieldwork, standards and blanks were not inserted by the company into the sample stream. MSALabs inserted standardized reference materials and blanks within its stream and performed duplicate measurements. Results from MSALabs QA/QC produced expected values.

Arlington update

Origen has received the final option payment from Equity Metals Corp. of $50,000 plus two million shares to complete the 100-per-cent sale of the project, subject to a 1-per-cent net smelter royalty on the project held by Origen.

Patrick McLaughlin, PGeo, a qualified person as that term is defined in National Instrument 43-101, has supervised the preparation, or approved the scientific and technical disclosure in the news release. Mr. McLaughlin is employed by Coast Mountain Geological Ltd. He is not independent of the company as defined in NI 43-101.

About Origen Resources Inc.

Origen is a project generator focused on identifying and advancing high-potential mineral exploration opportunities. The company is currently conducting due diligence on a prospective rare earth element project in Brazil under a recently signed letter of intent while continuing to advance its 100-per-cent-owned Los Sapitos lithium project in Argentina and the Wishbone gold-silver project in the Golden Triangle of British Columbia. Origen also holds a portfolio of three additional precious and base metal projects in Southern British Columbia for which it is actively seeking partners.

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