Mercer International Inc.


New York, New York, USA, 01 May 2007 -- Mercer International (NASDAQ: MERC, TSX: MRI.U) announced today that it intends to release its first quarter financial results for the period ended 31 March 2007, on 07 May 2007, after the close of the market.

In conjunction with the release of its results, Mercer will host a conference call, which will be simultaneously broadcast live over the Internet. Jimmy S.H. Lee, chairman and president, and David M. Gandossi, executive vice president, chief financial officer, and secretary, will host the call. The call will be archived through 15 May 2007, over the Internet at http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=39577, or through a link on the company's News/Financial page at http://www.mercerint.com/en/newsCurrent.cfm.

Mercer International Inc. is a global pulp manufacturing company. Mercer operates three modern NBSK pulp mills in Germany and Canada with a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 1.4 million metric tons.