Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. announced the appointment of Timothy Haig to its Board of Directors. Mr. Haig is currently the CEO and founder of FORGE Hydrocarbon Corporation He has raised over $500m in growth capital for several companies both public and private Holds expertise in industrial process optimization, early-stage financing and technology scale-up Brings deep experience in non-carbon intensive, alternative energy commercialization Prior to that, Mr. Haig was co-founder of BIOX Corp., a renewable fuels company that was founded on a technology developed at the University of Toronto. The executive successfully took an idea from lab patent in 2000 to a public company in 2010.

Mr. Haig subsequently helped take BIOX Corp. private in 2017, merging the enterprise with the second-largest renewable fuels producer in North America. Mr. Haig holds an industrial engineering degree (PEng.) from the Royal Military College of Canada, and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from London City University.

He served for more than a decade in the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command, in various officer positions. John E. Fisher, who has stepped down from the Board of Directors. Mr. Fisher joined the board in February 2020, providing valuable counsel in his time with the Company.

Avalon is grateful for his contributions.