New York, New York, USA, 09 February 2007 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Mercer International (NASDAQ:MERC) (NASDAQ:TSX:) (NASDAQ:MRI.U) announced today that it intends to release its fourth quarter and full-year financial results for the period ended 31 December 2006 on 26 February 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 27 February 2007, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time. Listeners can access the conference call live, or archived through 06 March 2007, over the Internet at http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=37956, 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 manufacturing company. Mercer operates three modern NBSK pulp mills in Germany and Canada. The mills have a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 1.4 million metric tons.

Source: Mercer International Inc.