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Avalon releases third Sustainability Report and announces Annual Filings for its Fiscal Year ended August 31, 2014
Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 1, 2014) - Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX and NYS...
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAvalon releases third Sustainability Report and announces Annual Filings for its Fiscal Year ended August 31, 2014Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 1, 2014) - Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (TSX and NYSE MKT: AVL) (“Avalon” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the release of its third annual comprehensive Sustainability Report entitled Lead. \nCollaborate. Diversify. (the “2014 Sustainability Report”). The 2014 Sustainability Report is available for download on the Company’s website at\nhttp://www.avalonraremetals.com/sustainability/sustainability_reporting/.\n\nThe 2014 Sustainability Report has been prepared within the framework of the Global Reporting Initiative (“GRI”) Version 4, core level. It reports on Avalon’s annual health and safety, environmental, social and governance \nperformance. The 2014 Sustainability Report incorporates a self-assessment of the Company’s 2014 fiscal year sustainability performance and sets targets for 2015 against the Mining Association of Canada's 'Toward Sustainable Mining' \nindicators. It also tracks both short and long term sustainability goals set by Avalon management.\n\nDon Bubar, President and CEO comments, “Avalon is integrating sustainability into all aspects of its business. Reporting on our sustainability successes and challenges keeps our stakeholders informed and ourselves accountable. We believe that \nthere is significant potential for creating additional shareholder value through exceptional sustainability performance and we remain committed to doing our part to advocate for improved sustainability performance across the entire natural resource \nextraction sector.” \n\nThe Company has also completed the filings of its Consolidated Financial Statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis, and Annual Information Form with Canadian security regulators, as well as its Annual Report on Form 20-F with the U.S. \nSecurities and Exchange Commission for its fiscal year ended August 31, 2014. Copies of these filings are available on the Company’s website at\nhttp://www.avalonraremetals.com/investors/regulatory_filings/, through SEDAR at \nhttp://www.sedar.com or through EDGAR at \nhttp://www.sec.gov.\n\nShareholders may request a printed copy of the Consolidated Financial State...