Vanadium Redox Batteries are the solution to what many consider the 'Achilles Heel' of renewable energy - mass energy storage. Here's some facts on the VRB for your readers:

Benefits of Vanadium Redox Batteries (VRB’s):
* > 20-year battery life
* Only battery that rapidly charges and discharges with little effect on battery life
* No limit on size
* >10,000 cycles per battery
* No chemical reaction so batteries do not degrade or get "consumed" over time
* Cheapest solution to mass energy storage
* High volumes of vanadium required (we plan to supply it in the US.)

Read all about VRB's and the vanadium-lithium batteries coming out for electric cars here: http://www.twitter.com/AVCVanadium news feed.

American Vanadium Corp. (AVC on TSX) is planning to open America's only vanadium mine by the end of 2012.

The US currently imports almost all of it's vanadium from China, Russia and South Africa. Given that China has recently restricted exports of vanadium, we feel that an American supply of battery grade vanadium is critical to US industry.

Feel free to contact me directly if any questions or comments regarding our mine or vanadium batteries.

Sincerely,

Michael Hyslop
Director of Corporate Development
American Vanadium Corp.

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