Mercer International Inc. First Quarter 2005 Conference Call to Be Broadcast Over the Internet

Mercer International Inc. First Quarter 2005 Conference Call to
Be Broadcast Over the Internet 


NEW YORK, May 5  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercer International
(NASDAQ:MERCSNASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:MRI.U) announced today that it intends to
release its first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2005
on Tuesday, May 10, 2005.  In conjunction with the release if 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:

                          Tuesday, May 10, 2005

                               10:00 AM ET
                                9:00 AM CT
                                8:00 AM MT
                                7:00 AM PT



Listeners can access the conference call live, or archived through May 17,
2005, over the Internet at:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=62074&s=wm&e=1050591 or through
a link on the Company's homepage at http://www.mercerinternational.com/. 
Please allow 15 minutes prior to the call to visit the sites and download and
install any necessary audio software.

Mercer is a pulp and paper manufacturing company.  Mercer operates three modern
NBSK pulp mills in Germany and Canada with a consolidated annual production
capacity of approximately 1.3 million tonnes. 

DATASOURCE: Mercer International Inc.



CONTACT:  Jimmy S.H. Lee, Chairman & President of Mercer International

Inc., [phone]; or Investors: Eric Boyriven, or Alexandra Tramont, both

of Financial Dynamics, [phone], for Mercer International Inc.



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

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