Avalon Advanced Materials Inc

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (NYSE MKT: AVL) is pleased to invite shareholders and other interested delegates to the 2013 PDAC Convention, Trade Show & Investors Exchange, Toronto, ON, March 3 - 6, 2013.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (NYSE MKT:AVL) is pleased to provide a progress report on the Company's Feasibility Study and related work on the Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project at Thor Lake, NWT

The Company will hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ("AGM") at 4:30 pm EST on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at the Toronto Board of Trade, Room A/B/C/D, located at 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, Ontario.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (NYSE MKT:AVL) is pleased to announce that it has completed the filings of its Consolidated Financial Statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis, Annual Information Form and Annual Report on Form 40-F with the SEC for its fiscal year ended August 31, 2012.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (NYSE MKT:AVL) is pleased to announce an updated resource estimate for the Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Deposit, Thor Lake, NWT which is effective as of November 21, 2012. The estimate, prepared by Avalon geologists and independently audited by Roscoe Postle Associates Inc., is based on the assays from all drilling completed up to August 27, 2012.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (NYSE MKT:AVL) is pleased to provide an update on progress towards completion of the Feasibility Study ("FS") on the Nechalacho Rare Earth Element Project (the "Project"), Thor Lake NWT, Canada.

As part of Avalon Rare Metals, Inc's (TSE:AVL) (NYSE:AVL) ongoing efforts to support and advance scientific research into rare earths metallurgy, we are pleased to report on the success of the inaugural Rare Earths Symposium held earlier this month as part of the 51st Annual Conference of Metallurgists (COM12).

Avalon Rare Metals Inc.(TSE:AVL) (NYSE:AVL) is pleased to announce that it has appointed London-based HCF International Advisers Ltd. ("HCF") as its advisor for the financing of the Nechalacho Rare Earth Element Project, Thor Lake, NWT, Canada (the "Project").

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (NYSE:AVL) is pleased to announce that it has chosen a site in the community of Geismar, Ascension Parish in the State of Louisiana, USA for its heavy rare earth separation plant and refinery. Several locations in Canada and the USA were reviewed over the past year before the Geismar site was finally selected.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (NYSE:AVL) is pleased to provide the following progress report on its ongoing metallurgical process development work on its Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements ("REE") Deposit and announces the appointment of Mr. Dave Marsh as Senior Vice President, Metallurgy, to lead the Company's metallurgical work programs going forward.