Mercado Minerals Ltd.CSE: MERC

Mercer International Inc. First Quarter 2006 Conference Call to be Broadcast Over the Internet

· Issued by Mercado Minerals Ltd. via CNW
NEW YORK, May 2 /CNW/ -- Mercer International
(Nasdaq: MERC, TSX: MRI.U) announced today that it intends to release its
first quarter financial results for the period ended March 31, 2006 on Friday,
May 5, 2006, shortly 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:

                         Monday, May 8, 2006

                             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 15,
2006, over the Internet at:

           http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=33761

or through a link on the Company's News/Financial page at
http://www.mercerint.com/en/newsCurrent.cfm .  Please allow 15 minutes prior
to 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 NBSK pulp mills in Germany and Canada
with a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 1.3 million
tonnes.