Avalon Rare Metals Limited - Added To Standard And Poor-TSX Global Mining Index
21.12.2010 | ABN Newswire
09:00 AEST Dec 21, 2010 ABN Newswire (C) 2004-2010 Asia Business News PL. All Rights Reserved.Toronto, Canada (ABN Newswire) - Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQX: AVARF) ('Avalon' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that effective today the Company is included in Standard & Poor's Canadian Index Operations' ('S&P Indices') S&P-TSX Global Mining Index and also the S&P-TSX Base Metals Index.
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Don Bubar, President and CEO of Avalon, stated: 'We are very pleased to be included in these respected S&P Indices. They provide Avalon with global recognition and bring credibility to our role in the mining sector, as we evolve from an exploration company to a developer, on our way to achieving our goal of becoming aprofitable producer of rare metals and minerals.'
About Avalon Rare Metals Inc.:
Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX:AVL, OTCQX: AVARF) is a mineral exploration and development company focused on rare metals deposits in Canada. Its flagship project, the 100%-owned Nechalacho Deposit, Thor Lake, NWT, is emerging as one of the largest undeveloped rare earth elements resources in the world. Its exceptional enrichment in the more valuable 'heavy' rare earth elements, which are key to enabling advances in clean technology and other growing high-tech applications, is one of the few potential sources of these critical elements outside of China, currently the source of 95% of world supply. Avalon is well funded, has no debt and its work programs are progressing steadily. Social responsibility and environmental stewardship are corporate cornerstones. Avalon's performance on community engagement in the north earned it the 2010 PDAC Environmental and Social Responsibility Award.
Contact:
Don Bubar
President
Mob: +61-416-364-4938
Email: ir@avalonraremetals.com
http://www.avalonraremetals.com