Anderson & Schwab, Inc., Joins the Behre Dolbear Group to Provide Comprehensive Management Consulting Solutions

DENVER - The transaction creates an integrated management consulting service provider to the minerals industry and provides clients expanded offerings and resources.

Behre Dolbear Group Inc. announced today that it has acquired the assets of management consulting firm, Anderson & Schwab, Inc., through its subsidiary, Behre Dolbear Management Consulting Inc.

“The transaction represents a significant achievement in the strategies of both companies to become an integrated service provider to the international minerals industry,” said Barney Guarnera, president and chairman of Behre Dolbear Group Inc. “Anderson & Schwab is well recognized in the mining industry as a leader in management consulting.”

“The transaction is about the expansion of opportunity - for our clients, our businesses and for our people,” said Frank Schwab Jr., Anderson & Schwab president. “This arrangement will promote the mutual and strategic global expansion of locations, teams, clients and client offerings for both companies.”

“This management consulting services model is in ever-increasing demand within the minerals industry,” said Robert Novotny, managing director of Behre Dolbear Management Consulting Inc. ” This transaction demonstrates the proven ability of the Behre Dolbear Group to anticipate and answer client and industry needs.”

Anderson & Schwab, with offices in Australia, Canada, and the United States, offers a broad variety of management consulting services to the international minerals and coal industry. The firm’s focus is to assist top management of producers in its decision making in areas of strategy, corporate development, business analyses, management organization planning, management controls, management development, executive compensation, asset sales and purchase, acquisition search, general problem solving, and executive staffing.

Behre Dolbear is a minerals industry advisory firm providing superior advisory and consulting services in the technical, financial, managerial, and business-related aspects of the industry. Behre Dolbear’s services are designed to add value to its clients’ objectives, while adhering to the highest ethical and professional standards. For further information on Behre Dolbear’s services, please visit www.dolbear.com.

Source: Behre Dolbear Group Inc.

Laura Jensen, VP, Client and Shareholder Services of Behre Dolbear Group Inc., +1-303-620-0020, fax, +1-303-620-0024, jensen at dolbear.com