Avalon Advanced Materials Inc

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) announces that further to the Company's news release dated August 18, 2010, SNC-Lavalin Inc. ("SNC-Lavalin") has delivered the scoping study commissioned by the Company to provide an initial estimate of costs for the construction of a new rare earth separation plant in North America.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) continues to strengthen its technical expertise with new appointments to its Technical Advisory Committee and Operations team. These additions will assist the Company in advancing its Nechalacho rare earth element deposit, Thor Lake, NWT through to production.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) announced today that it has raised an additional CND$9,618,762 from the exercise of eligible share purchase warrants and broker warrants issued as part of the financing completed in September 2009.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced short form prospectus offering pursuant to which the Company has issued 9,240,000 units at a price of Cdn$3.25 per Unit to raise aggregate gross proceeds of Cdn$30,030,000.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) is pleased to announce that it has received a positive report from an independent analysis by Jantzi- Sustainalytics of core stakeholder perceptions, and its Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") performance. In May 2010, Avalon engaged Jantzi-Sustainalytics to assess Avalon's sustainability performance against a number of benchmarks including stakeholders' expectations, competitors' performance, industry average performance levels, and socially responsible investor expectations.

Avalon Rare Metals is pleased to invite shareholders and interested parties in rare metals, rare earth elements and specialty metals in the Toronto area to visit us at theToronto Resource Investment Conference on Saturday and Sunday, September 25 and 26, 2010 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an underwriting agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and including Laurentian Bank Securities Inc., Stonecap Securities Inc. and Canaccord Genuity Corp. (the "Underwriters") in respect of its previously announced overnight-marketed public offering. Pursuant to the agreement, the Underwriters have agreed to purchase an aggregate of 9.24 million units of the Company at a price of Cdn$3.25 per Unit (the "Offering Price") for gross proceeds of Cdn$30,030,000.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) announced today that it has filed a short form preliminary prospectus with the securities regulators in each of the Provinces of Canada, pursuant to which the Company proposes to complete an offering of units of the Company upon terms to be determined in the context of the market.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX:AVL, OTCQX:AVARF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the Inferred and Indicated Mineral Resources reflecting the results from the 2010 winter drilling program on its Nechalacho rare earth elements ("REE") deposit, Thor Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSE:AVL) (OTCQX:AVARF) announce in our ongoing efforts to provide you with broader communications and industry information, we are pleased to issue this Industry Bulletin which reports on rapidly rising prices for the full range of rare earth element oxides. These significant price increases are in most part attributable to China's recent decision to impose a further reduction of rare earth export quotas, compounded by rising demand for these elements outside China as consumers scramble to secure supplies.