London, 19 December 2011: Commodities Now

Intierra Resource Intelligence, the leading supplier of business intelligence to the global resources sector, has today acquired Swedish-based Raw Materials Group (RMG). All RMG shareholders have taken an equity position in the expanded company and all RMG staff will stay on with the new entity.

This unification with RMG, a pioneer in mining data compilation and analysis, creates one of the industry’s largest and most complete database groups and will deliver enhanced mission-critical data, reports, consultancy services and industry briefings.

Since 1985 RMG has leveraged its extensive database, team of mineral economists and policy analysts to provide in-depth mining research and analysis to governments, international organisations and private sector clients worldwide.

Intierra CEO, Peter Rossdeutscher said, “Bringing together the two leading suppliers of resource sector information affords clients an unrivalled blend of knowledge, advisory experience and analytical expertise. With the world’s most complete resource sector database at their core, our combined services and capabilities allow clients to better forecast and benchmark their business performance."

Magnus Ericsson, CEO and Co-founder of RMG, joins the Intierra Board of Directors and will continue to lead the expanded consulting division under the Raw Materials Group brand. Both database business units, Raw Materials Data and IntierraLive, will continue to operate as independent products. Mr. Ericsson will remain a Director of the RMG Board of Directors, along with RMG Chairman, Tom Niemi.

Mr. Ericsson stated, “We are delighted that Intierra and RMG have joined forces. The new entity is a perfect combination of information, analytical skill and global reach that will provide mining companies, governments and other organisations with the critical information and tools they need to optimise their strategies and policies.”

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