 In February 2014, the company signed a Participation Agreement with the Northwest Territory Metis Nation.Avalon is also developing a lithium (petalite) deposit, located 70 km north of Kenora in Ontario, Canada.The Separation Rapids property is host to a large "complex-type" pegmatite; it is the fourth example in the world of a rare-metal pegmatite with the size required to be of major economic importance.