Avalon Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 9, 2020) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Marilyn Spink, P.Eng. to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board"). Ms. Spink will replace Brian MacEachen, who recently informed the Board of his decision to step down from the Board, after serving as a Board member for over 20 years, although he will continue to serve the Company in an advisory role. Alan...
2020-06-09 1:43 PM EDT
Avalon Provides Separation Rapids Lithium Project Update
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 3, 2020) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its 2020 project development plans for the 100% owned Separation Rapids Lithium Project near Kenora, Ontario (the "Project"), where interest in the Company's lithium mineral products continues to grow. Avalon has now received the necessary approvals to proceed with the 2,500 tonne bulk sample extraction program that was...
2020-06-03 11:24 AM EDT
Avalon Provides Corporate Update and Outlines Plans for Summer Work Programs
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 13, 2020) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) and (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its recent activities. While the Company has closed its office temporarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic, staff continue to work from home on a reduced work schedule in anticipation of resuming project field work when it is safe to do so. In the meantime, project planning and permitting work continues. The Company...
2020-04-13 10:42 AM EDT
Avalon Announces the Results of its 2020 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 26, 2020) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") announces the results of its 2020 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders held in Toronto, Ontario on February 25, 2020 (the "Meeting"). At the Meeting, all five director nominees listed in the Company's information circular dated January 8, 2020 were elected as directors of the Company. The detailed results of the vote are as follows: Director
2020-02-26 2:31 PM EST
Avalon Provides Update on Its Rare Earths Activities
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 6, 2020) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the status of both of the Company's rare earth projects and on the business in general. The recent agreement by Canada and the United States, announced on December 19, 2019, to co-operate on critical minerals supply chain development (and rare earths in particular), has resulted in new government initiatives in both...
2020-02-06 10:24 AM EST
Avalon Publishes Annual Filings and Eighth Sustainability Report
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 29, 2019) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") has released its eighth annual comprehensive Sustainability Report, along with its 2019 annual filings. The 2019 Sustainability Report focuses on health and safety, social, environmental and economic matters that are material to Avalon. It incorporates a self-assessment of Avalon's 2019 fiscal year sustainability performance and sets targets for 2020...
2019-11-29 5:15 PM EST
Avalon Receives Final Payment from Cheetah Resources for Acquisition of Nechalacho Rare Earth Resources
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 30, 2019) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon") is pleased to report that further to its news release dated June 24, 2019, it has now received the final installment payment of the $5 million purchase price from Cheetah Resources Pty Ltd. ("Cheetah") for the near-surface resources on the Nechalacho rare earth elements property at Thor Lake near Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. The parties are now working towards finalization...
2019-10-30 11:33 AM EDT
Avalon signs binding Letter of Intent to earn interest in the Will Scarlett Rare Earths Recovery Project, Illinois, USA
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 23, 2019) - - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with a private US company, Coal Strategy Advisors, LLC, ("CSA") to earn up to a 50% interest in the Will Scarlett Rare Earths Recovery Project ("Will Scarlett") located near Marion, Illinois. Will Scarlett is a closed coal mine site where recent geochemical sampling has found...
2019-10-23 8:23 AM EDT
Avalon Announces Appointment of New Director to the Board and Provides Project Development Updates
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 13, 2019) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Naomi Johnson, LL.B. to the Company's Board of Directors, to stand for election at the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in February 2020. Ms. Johnson is a lawyer with over 12 years of experience working in the mineral industry as a global Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") executive,...
2019-09-13 8:49 AM EDT
Avalon Completes Collaborative Development Agreement on Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project, Yellowknife, NWT
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - June 24, 2019) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon") is pleased to announce that further to its news release dated January 30, 2019, it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") with Cheetah Resources Pty Ltd. ("Cheetah") to collaborate in the development of the rare earth resources on its mining leases collectively comprising the Nechalacho Project at Thor Lake near Yellowknife, NWT, Canada (the "Property")....
2019-06-24 9:59 AM EDT
Avalon Continues to Progress its Advanced Critical Materials Projects Towards Development
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - April 2, 2019) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to report on progress made over the past quarter on all three of its advanced critical materials development projects in Canada. Significant progress, as described below, has been made towards the goal of achieving near-term, small-scale production on each of the Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project, East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project, and...
2019-04-02 11:52 AM EDT
Avalon Announces the Results of its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 25, 2019) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders held in Toronto, Ontario on February 25, 2019 (the "Meeting"). At the Meeting, all four director nominees listed in the Company's information circular dated January 8, 2019 were elected as directors of the Company. The detailed results of the vote are as follows:
2019-02-25 5:05 PM EST
Avalon Attracts Development Partner to Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project Yellowknife, NWT
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - January 30, 2019) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has attracted a new partner in private Australian company, Cheetah Resources Pty Ltd. ("Cheetah") to participate in the development of the rare earth resources on its mining leases collectively comprising the Nechalacho Project at Thor Lake near Yellowknife, NWT, Canada (the "Property"). Avalon and Cheetah have signed a...
2019-01-30 5:05 PM EST
Avalon Completes Non-Brokered Private Placement for Gross Proceeds of $700,000
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 21, 2018) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed a non-brokered private placement today consisting of 10,000,000 flow-through shares at a price of $0.07 per share for gross proceeds of $700,000. Pursuant to Canadian securities laws, the securities issuable under this private placement are subject to a hold period which expires on April 22, 2019. The...
2018-12-21 3:10 PM EST
Avalon Releases Annual Sustainability Report, Annual Filings and Closes Financing
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 3, 2018) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the release of its seventh annual comprehensive Sustainability Report, along with the release of its 2018 annual filings and that it has closed its previously announced $500,000 convertible security funding. The 2018 Sustainability Report entitled Refocus, Revive & Restore focuses on health and safety, social, environmental and...
2018-12-03 8:00 AM EST
Avalon Arranges $876,000 in Interim Financing
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 26, 2018) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed a private placement of units for gross proceeds of $376,250 and entered into a $500,000 convertible security funding agreement ("Funding Agreement") with an entity managed by The Lind Partners ("Lind"), a New York based asset management firm. The Company continues to make steady progress with its development...
2018-11-26 5:05 PM EST
Avalon Provides Progress Report on Nechalacho Rare Earths Project, Yellowknife, NWT
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 10, 2018) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQX: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a progress report on its 100% owned Nechalacho Rare Earths Project near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories ("Nechalacho" or "the "Project"), since announcing the re-activation of the Project on May 15, 2018. Concerns about security of supply of these critical elements are growing, as the trade dispute between China and the United...
2018-10-10 4:22 PM EDT
Avalon Receives Encouraging Ore-Sorting Test Results from East Kemptville Tin Project, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 17, 2018) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQX: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has received positive results from an ore-sorting testwork program conducted on samples of tin mineralization from its East Kemptville Tin Project ("East Kemptville" or the "Project"). As discussed in the Company's news release dated July 24, 2018, these results provide further encouragement that ore-sorting...
2018-09-17 7:50 AM EDT
Avalon discovers new lithium pegmatite with grades over 2.5% Li2O at Separation Rapids Lithium Project, Kenora, ON
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - September 4, 2018) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQX: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to report the discovery of a new lithium pegmatite on its 100% owned Separation Rapids Lithium Property near Kenora, Ontario. The new discovery, named the Snowbank Pegmatite, occurs on the Paterson Lake claims acquired by Avalon in 2017, approximately four kilometres northwest of the main Separation Rapids lithium deposit. It was discovered...
2018-09-04 5:10 PM EDT
Avalon announces completion of updated PEA for the Separation Rapids Lithium Project, Kenora, ON
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - August 21, 2018) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQX: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it has completed an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Separation Rapids Lithium Project near Kenora, Ontario, Canada (the "Project"). The updated PEA reflects a simplified business model that focuses on initial production of lithium mineral concentrates, with potential for future expansion into production of...
2018-08-21 5:10 PM EDT