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Avalon Publishes Tenth Annual Sustainability Report and Provides Update on Separation Rapids Lithium Project Activities
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 30, 2021) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Avalon Publishes Tenth Annual Sustainability Report and Provides Update on Separation Rapids Lithium Project ActivitiesToronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - November 30, 2021) - Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. (TSX: AVL) (OTCQB: AVLNF) (\"Avalon\" or \"the Company\") is pleased to announce that the Company has released its tenth annual comprehensive sustainability report, along with its 2021 annual filings including the audited financial statements.The 2021 Sustainability Report focuses on health and safety, social, environmental and economic matters, including the Company's ambitions to start to produce critical minerals for clean technology in sutainable ways. The report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative Standards, core option. It includes a self-assessment of the Company's 2021 fiscal year sustainability performance and sets targets for 2022 against the Mining Association of Canada's Toward Sustainable Mining indicators. It is available at: https://www.avalonadvancedmaterials.com/sustainability/2021-sustainability-report/Comments Avalon President and CEO, Don Bubar, \"Avalon is very much on the forefront of sustainable best practices in mineral development, with a strong track record and a forward-thinking management team that makes sustainability a priority. The concept of extracting value from historic mine wastes while fully remediating the long term environmental liability, that we have been advocating for many years, is now recognized as an opportunity to establish the circular economy in the mining industry. Avalon's East Kemptville Tin-Indium Project is well-positioned to provided a first precedent for this model in Canada.\" Sepration Rapids Lithium Project UpdateWork continues on the Separation Rapids Lithium Project towards acquiring a demonstration scale dense media separation (DMS) plant to begin processing the 5,000t bulk sample collected earlier this year and begin producing petalite concentrate product samples for glass ceramic end-users that have expressed interest and for further battery materials testwork. The Company has also recently received several new expressions of interest in the lithium battery materials product from consumers also interested in partnering with Avalon on establishing the battery materials refinery in Thunder Bay. Once a firm commitment is received, the Comp...