New York, New York, USA, 02 November 2006 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) (NASDAQ:TSX:) (NASDAQ:MRI.U) announced today that it intends to release its third quarter financial results for the period ended 30 September 2006, on 06 November 2006, 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 07 November 2006, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time.

Listeners can access the conference call live, or archived through 14 November 2006, over the Internet at http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=36530,
or through a link on the company's News/Financial page at http://www.mercerint.com/en/newsCurrent.cfm. Please 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 and paper manufacturing company. Mercer operates three modern northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp mills in Germany and Canada with a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 1.3 million metric tons.

Source: Mercer International