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Incentive Stock Options Granted

Shares Outstanding: 47,027,598
SEC 12g3-2(b): 82-4427

TORONTO, March 13 /CNW/ - Avalon Ventures Ltd. (TSX-V: AVL) (the
"Company") is pleased to announce that it has commenced a Phase 2 bulk
sampling program on its 100% owned Separation Rapids rare metals project
located near Kenora, Ontario. The objective of the program is to produce
approximately 300 tonnes of the crushed lithium minerals ore for delivery to
the same customer that received and processed the initial six tonne sample
delivered in September, 2005 (see the Company's news releases dated
September 20 and November 23, 2005). Results of this work were positive and
further test quantities of the crushed ore are required to scale up the
process and assist the customer in its own product development efforts.
The bulk sampling work will be carried out by Moncrief Construction
Limited of Kenora, Ontario under the supervision of Project Manager Paul
Schmidt, P. Eng. and Project Geologist, J.C. Pedersen, P.Geo. Extraction work
will be carried out over the next two weeks to take advantage of frozen ground
conditions for access of heavy equipment. Crushing will be done subsequently
at the contractor's yard in Kenora with the objective of having the crushed
ore product ready for shipping by April 15, 2006.
Amalgamet Canada, the Company's lithium minerals marketing agent, is
arranging for shipping of the product to the customer and has also arranged
for the Company to be reimbursed for its reasonable direct costs associated
with the program.
The Separation Rapids property lies within the traditional land use area
of the Wabaseemoong Independent Nations ("Wabaseemoong") of Whitedog, Ontario.
In August, 1999, the Company and Wabaseemoong signed a Memorandum of
Understanding regarding the cooperative development of the Separation Rapids
project. Prior to initiating the Phase 2 program, representatives from the
Company and Wabaseemoong met and reaffirmed their mutual commitment to proceed
with the development of the project on a cooperative basis under the
principles agreed to in 1999.

Incentive Stock Options

The Company also announces that it has granted an aggregate of 400,000
incentive stock options to officers of the Company exerciseable at a price of
$0.69 for a period of five years from the date of grant of the option. Of this
total, 200,000 are to be issued on a fully vested basis, while 200,000 will
vest at the rate of 50,000 per year with the first 25,000 vesting six months
from the date of grant of the option.

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.
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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