Mercado Minerals Ltd.CSE: MERC

Mercer International Decides Not to Proceed With Share Offering as a Result of Current Market Conditions

· Issued by Mercado Minerals Ltd. via CNW
NEW YORK, June 16 /CNW/ -- Mercer International Inc.
(Nasdaq: MERC; TSX: MRI.U) announced today that it has decided not to proceed
with its previously announced public offering of its shares because of current
market conditions.

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

The preceding includes forward looking statements which involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the Company's actual results
in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Among those
factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are the
following: market conditions, competition, construction and equipment
performance risks and other risk factors listed from time to time in the
Company's SEC reports.