10 February 2016
Toronto, ON – Avalon Rare Metals Inc.(TSX: AVL and OTCQX: AVLNF) (“Avalon” or the “Company”) provides the following update on activities on the Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project (“Nechalacho Project”), Thor Lake, NWT. Project work in calendar 2015 consisted mainly of concluding the ongoing metallurgical research, disposal of process waste materials and storage of bulk samples for future use.