SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — (Marketwire) — 03/19/13 — B&A Mineracao S.A. ("B&A"), Av. Juscelino Kubistchek, 1830, Tower 1, 12th Floor, Sao Paulo, SP 04543-900 Brazil, announces that, pursuant to the Merger (as defined herein), it acquired beneficial ownership of and control or direction over 87,563,624 ordinary shares (each, an "Acquired Share") of Rio Verde Minerals Development Corp. (the "Company").Prior to the closing of the Merger, B&A beneficially owne