Options Brief: Avalon Rare Metals Inc.

Shares of Avalon Rare Metals Inc. (AMEX: AVL) are higher on the session by 6.60%, trading at $6.95. Overall call volume is now running at 2.03x the daily average, with 27% of all calls traded being purchases on the offer. 1,789 contracts have traded on the session so far. Avalon Rare Metals Inc. is a Canada-based mineral exploration and development company. The company's primary focus is on rare metals and minerals, including tin, lithium, tantalum, niobium, cesium, indium, gallium, zirconium and calcium feldspar.