Mercado Minerals Ltd.CSE: MERC

Mercer International Inc. Second Quarter 2005 Conference Call to be Broadcast Over the Internet

· Issued by Mercado Minerals Ltd. via CNW
NEW YORK, Aug. 4 /CNW/ -- Mercer International
(Nasdaq: MERCS; TSX: MRI.U) announced today that it intends to release its
second quarter financial results for the period ended June 30, 2005 on
Tuesday, August 9, 2005.  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:

                       Tuesday, August 9, 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 August
16, 2005, over the Internet at:

 http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=62074&s=wm&e=1113630

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 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.