New York, New York, USA, 30 July 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) (NASDAQ:TSX:) (NASDAQ:MRI.U) intends to release its second quarter financial results for the period ended 30 June 2007, on 07 August 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 on 08 August 2007 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

Listeners can access the conference call live, or archived through 08 September 2007, over the Internet at:

http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=41217

or through a link on the company's News/Financial page at http://www.mercerint.com/en/newsCurrent.cfm. Allow 15 minutes before the call to visit the sites and download and install any necessary audio software.

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

Source: Mercer International Inc.

Web site: http://www.mercerint.com/