April 3, 2012
AFFILIATE ANNOUNCES HIGH GRADE, DEEP DRILL INTERSECTIONS AT WOODLAWN
Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: TOE) (?Tri Origin? or the ?Company?) is pleased to bring attention to the important news announced by its affiliate, TriAusMin Limited that a number of high grade base and precious metal mineralized zones were intersected in the first hole completed at TriAusMin?s Woodlawn Underground project located 200 kilometres southwest of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Tri Origin considers this news as important to its shareholders considering the Company?s 29 million share ownership in TriAusMin. These intersections are a very positive step in TriAusMin?s goal of re-establishing production from the Woodlawn Underground Mine.
The highlights from TriAusMin?s news release of April 2, 2012 entitled ?Multiple High Grade Zones Intersected at Woodlawn? follow;
I Lens: 9.9m @ 1.64% Cu, 1.22% Pb, 6.09% Zn, 14.13g/t Ag, 0.72g/t Au (from 542.65m)
D Lens: 15.0m @ 0.17% Cu, 1.94% Pb, 5.04% Zn, 22.13g/t Ag, 0.19g/t Au (from 676m)
B Lens: 4.0m @ 3.31% Cu, 12.84g/t Ag (from 849m)
B Lens: 12.1m @ 4.84% Cu, 14.87g/t Ag (from 870m)
TriAusMin?s drilling program commenced on February 9th and was designed to identify extensions to a number of the known ore lenses below the limit of previous mining operations. This program also involves evaluating the historical underground resource for potential redevelopment of the Woodlawn Mine to access the high-grade ore that remained when the underground mining operations ceased in 1998.
When in production, the Woodlawn open pit and underground mine produced approximately 13.8 million tonnes of high grade zinc, lead and copper ore from a number of separate, fault-bounded massive sulfide zones mined to a maximum depth of 630 metres below surface.
The full release can be accessed from TriAusMin?s website www.triausmin.com or SEDAR www.sedar.com.
Tri Origin holds a substantial investment of 29.4 million ordinary shares in TriAusMin and remains its largest shareholder after initially listing its subsidiary on the Australian Securities Exchange and more recently, on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In addition to Tri Origin?s gold exploration programs in the Canadian Shield, it is Tri Origin?s belief that this investment will appreciate and add value for Tri Origin shareholders as TriAusMin works towards its near-term goal of achieving base and precious metal production at Woodlawn.
For further information, please refer to the Tri Origin?s website www.triorigin.com or SEDAR www.sedar.com or contact:
Dr. Robert Valliant, President
Tri Origin Exploration Ltd.
Tel: (905) 727-1779
E-mail: invest@triorigin.com
Tri Origin Exploration Ltd. is publicly listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the trading symbol TOE. Tri Origin is a leading Canadian exploration company with gold and base metal projects in Canada. Tri Origin has leveraged exposure to mineral discoveries in Australia through its equity interest in TriAusMin Limited which holds gold and base metal resource-based assets in New South Wales.