Mercado Minerals Ltd.CSE: MERC

Mercer International Inc. Second Quarter 2007 Conference Call to be Broadcast Over the Internet

· Issued by Mercado Minerals Ltd. via CNW

NEW YORK, July 30 /CNW/ -- Mercer International (Nasdaq: MERC, TSX: MRI.U) announced today that it intends to release its second quarter financial results for the period ended June 30, 2007 on Tuesday, August 7, 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:

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

                             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 September 8, 2007, over the Internet at:

           http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=41217

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 manufacturing company. Mercer operates three modern NBSK pulp mills in Germany and Canada with a consolidated annual production capacity of approximately 1.4 million tonnes.