- Newsfile Corp - Wed Oct 7, 6:28AM CDT 

Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - October 7, 2020) - (TSX: AVL) and (OTCQB: AVLNF) ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its Separation Rapids Lithium Project ("Separation Rapids" or the "Project"), situated approximately 70 km by road north of Kenora, Ontario. Since Avalon's news release dated , metallurgical testwork has been progressing on several fronts with the overall objectives of reducing costs, improving recoveries and optimizing lithium product quality. The Company is continuing to look at market opportunities to serve both the glass-ceramics market with its lithium mineral (petalite) product and the lithium battery materials market with its high purity lithium hydroxide product.