New Gold to Acquire Richfield Ventures Corp for $10.38 per Share

New Gold Inc. NGD and Richfield Ventures Corp. today jointly announce a definitive agreement whereby New Gold will acquire, through a plan of arrangement, all of the outstanding common shares of Richfield. Under the terms of the Arrangement, each Richfield shareholder will receive 0.9217 of a New Gold share for each Richfield share held. The offer values Richfield at $10.38 per share or approximately $550 million, representing a 31% premium to Richfield's April 1, 2011 closing price and a 46% premium based on each company's 20-day volume weighted average price. The transaction value, net of cash and proceeds from all in-the-money dilutive instruments, is approximately $513 million.