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TORONTO, Jan. 30 /CNW/ - Avalon Ventures Ltd., (TSX-V: AVL)
(the "Company") is pleased to provide the following progress report on
activities on its Red Hill copper-zinc-silver and U6 Savant gold projects.

Red Hill Copper-Zinc-Silver Project

Assay results from the six-hole, 1279 metre diamond drilling program
completed in November, 2005 on the Red Hill copper-zinc-silver VMS prospect,
Kamloops, B.C. have now been received and compiled. Six targets were tested in
two separate areas situated 1.6 km apart: three on the Feedlot grid and three
on the Red Hill grid. All six holes intersected broad intervals of highly
altered felsic volcanic rocks containing disseminated and stringer sulphide
mineralization.
The most encouraging assays were obtained from one hole drilled on the
Red Hill grid which intersected two narrow bands of massive sulphide
mineralization assaying 2.08% copper, 7.5 g/t silver over 1.35 metres and
0.56% copper, 0.79g/t silver over 2.95 metres. These intersections are
situated near a hole drilled in 1984 that reportedly intersected 2.58 metres
averaging 0.59% Cu, 1.6% Zn, 1.91g/t Ag, and 0.39g/t Au. Potential extensions
to this zone are untested.
Overall, the results of the program have confirmed the validity of the
Company's new structural model and demonstrated good potential for economic
copper-zinc-silver VMS deposits on the Red Hill grid. A follow-up program
involving geophysical surveys and further diamond drilling is planned for
2006. Jean-Philippe Desrochers, P.Geo. is providing overall supervision of the
work programs. Expenditures to date inclusive of acquisition costs total
approximately $280,000.

U6 Savant Gold Project

A program of detailed geological mapping, channel sampling and
compilation of historical data was carried out in 2005 on the U6 Savant gold
project located in the Savant Lake area of northwestern Ontario. The work was
performed by consulting geologist Jean-Philippe Desrochers, P.Geo. The results
of the program confirmed the presence of an intrusion-related gold system and
the structural controls on gold mineralization were determined.
Highlights from the channel sampling included values of 2.72 g/t gold
over 0.9 metres and 3.15 g/t gold over 1.0 metres. These results came from a
showing located peripheral to an interpreted major structure which produced
assays of up to 0.65 g/t gold over 36.0 metres with some narrow higher grade
intervals assaying up to 10.2 g/t gold over 0.5 metres in historical drilling.
 The zone remains open to depth and along strike for delineating zones of
economic grade gold mineralization, and has yet to be tested across its full
width which is estimated to be in the order of 100 metres. A minimum 600 metre
drilling program is planned to test this target in 2006. Expenditures to date
on the project inclusive of acquisition costs total approximately $45,000.
Both the U6 Savant and Red Hill properties are held under option from
Teck Cominco Limited. To earn its interest in the U6 property, the Company
must incur $500,000 in expenditures on the property over four years including
a firm commitment to fund a minimum $50,000 work program in the first year.  
To earn its interest in the Red Hill property, the Company must incur
expenditures totaling $1,200,000 over four years including a firm commitment
to fund a minimum $50,000 work program in 2005. Under both agreements, Teck
Cominco would retain a 2% NSR royalty interest and certain back-in rights to
re-acquire up to a 70% interest in the property first by funding 2.5 times
Avalon's expenditures to earn a 51% interest, then by completing a feasibility
study on the property at its sole cost to earn an additional 14% interest and
finally by arranging all production financing to earn an incremental 5%
interest.

About Avalon Ventures Ltd.

Avalon Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: AVL) is a Canadian junior mineral
exploration and development company, with a primary focus on industrial
minerals and rare metals with high technology applications. Avalon currently
holds a valuable portfolio of advanced stage projects, including two projects
at the feasibility stage, that have received considerable interest from around
the world. To find out more about Avalon Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: AVL), please
visit our website at www.avalonventures.com.
This news release is available on the Company's official on-line investor
relations site for investor commentary, feedback and questions. Investors are
invited to visit the "Avalon Ventures" IR Hub at
http://www.agoracom.com/ir/avalon. In addition, investors are invited to      
e-mail their questions and correspondence to AVL(at)agoracom.com or phone
Don Bubar, P.Geo. President, at 416-364-4938.

The language used in this News Release may contain forward-looking
statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events
or results could differ materially from the Company's forward-looking
statements and expectations. The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and
does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news
release.

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