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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. ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Avalon Announces Appointment of New Director to the Board and Provides Project Development UpdatesToronto, 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, primarily in a community relations role both domestically and internationally. From 2008-2017, she worked for Barrick Gold Corporation in a number of senior roles, most recently serving as Partner and Senior Director, Community Relations.Commented Avalon President, Don Bubar, \"I am pleased to welcome an expert in CSR and community engagement best practice to Avalon's Board of Directors. Avalon has been a leader in Indigenous community engagement in Canada, and Naomi's broad experience internationally will provide very useful perspective as we continue to develop innovative new models for direct participation in cleantech mineral development by Indigenous business in Canada.\"Project Development UpdatesOn Avalon's East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project, encouraging preliminary results were reported from the ore-sorting testwork being conducted by Cronimet Mining Processing SA (Pty) Ltd (\"CMPSA\") on the 28 tonne bulk sample collected from the stockpile last winter, as disclosed in Avalon's April 2 news release. While final analytical results are not yet available, visual examination of the products by CMPSA indicate tin recoveries that are exceeding expectations. Avalon is now planning to proceed with a Feasibility Study to incorporate the ore-sorting results and recommendations from CMPSA into the project development model. This is expected to be completed by December. Additional work at the East Kemptville site planned for the summer was delayed, pending completion of the final agreement with the surface rights holder on the transfer of surface tenure. This agreement is now expected to be finalized in September, after which the stockpile drilling and final environmental studies will proceed. At the Separation Rapids Lithium Project, work on the ...