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Dacha Strategic Metals Inc. and Aberdeen International Inc. Announce Business Combination

BY Marketwire - Canada
— 5:00 PM ET 08/15/2012

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 15, 2012) - Dacha Strategic Metals Inc. (DCHAF) ("Dacha") (OTCQX:DCHAF) and Aberdeen International Inc. (AABVF) ("Aberdeen") are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement (the "Business Combination Agreement") pursuant to which Dacha and Aberdeen will, subject to shareholder, court and regulatory approvals, enter into a plan of arrangement pursuant to which Dacha will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Aberdeen and Aberdeen will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Dacha (the "Transaction"). Under the terms of the Transaction, shareholders of Aberdeen will receive 0.80 of a Dacha common share for each common share of Aberdeen held. The board of directors of each company has unanimously approved the Transaction. Upon completion of the Transaction, existing Dacha and Aberdeen shareholders will own approximately 52% and 48% of the combined company, respectively, on a basic shares outstanding basis.

Based on the 20-day volume weighted trading price ("VWAP") of Dacha's common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") of $0.517 and the 20-day VWAP of Aberdeen's common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") of $0.384 for the period ending August 14, 2012, the Transaction represents a premium of approximately 7.6% to Aberdeen. On August 14, 2012 the closing prices of the Dacha common shares and the Aberdeen common shares were $0.50 and $0.40, respectively.