Avalon Rare Metals, a Canadian mineral development company focused on rare metals and minerals in Canada, has launched a new website that covers developments in rare metals material science and applications. The new website, named Rare Metals Matter (www.raremetalsmatter.com), will feature technical information on the underlying rare metal properties and qualities that make many of the technologies seen today possible.

The site will be updated weekly and content contribution will be led by Ian London, Avalon’s Market Development and Energy Advisor.  London has served on boards of several new technology and alternative energy companies, and is a respected speaker and writer on emerging rare earths and sustainability. Don Bubar, Avalon’s President and CEO, recently noted, “We are continually receiving enquiries from students, the public and investors as to how rare metals, particularly the rare earths, contribute to the evolving new global economy. Rare Metals Matter is a natural extension of our commitment to collaborative information sharing, education and learning particularly as we engage the next generation of builders, operators and entrepreneurs.”

Avalon recently announced that announce that the Report of Environmental Assessment for its Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project had been approved on November 4, 2013 by the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, the Honorable Bernard Valcourt, on behalf of the Responsible Ministers (Environment Canada, Transportat Canada and the Government of the Northwest Territories). Nechalacho is located at Thor Lake in the Mackenzie Mining District of the Northwest Territories, about 5 km north of the Hearne Channel of Great Slave Lake and approximately 100 km southeast of the city of Yellowknife. The property is situated in an area referred to as the Akaitcho Territory, an area which is subject to comprehensive native land claim negotiations between the Akaitcho Dene First Nations and the Government of Canada. In addition, the general area is subject to Aboriginal rights asserted by other Aboriginal groups. The property is comprised of five contiguous mining leases totalling 10,449 acres (4,249 ha) and three claims totalling 4,597 acres (1,869 ha).