Mercer International Inc. Announces Conference Call For Fourth Quarter And Fiscal Year End 2012 Results

NEW YORK, Feb. 5, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mercer International (Nasdaq:MERC) (TSX:MRI.U) will release its fourth quarter and full year financial results for the period ended December 31, 2012 on Wednesday, February 13, 2013, after the close of the market. Jimmy S.H. Lee, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, and David M. Gandossi, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, will be hosting a conference call on Thursday, February 14, 2013, at 10:00am ET to discuss the results. The call can be accessed by dialing one of the following:

North America: [phone]

International: [phone]

Conference ID: 96325099

Listeners can also access the conference call live over the Internet by clicking on or copying and pasting both lines of the following link into their web browser:

http://investor.shareholder.com/media/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=125198&CompanyID=MERC&e=1&mediaKey=1AE35D7DABC3ECD95E2779DA87354812

A recording of the completed conference call can be accessed for thirty days through a link on the Company's home page at http://www.mercerint.com , or by dialing [phone] and entering Conference ID 96325099.

Please allow 15 minutes prior to the call to visit the site and download and install any necessary audio software. For additional information on accessing the call, please contact Adrian Hay of Mercer International at [e-mail] or [phone].

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 1.5 million tonnes.

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CONTACT: APPROVED BY:
         
         Jimmy S.H. Lee
         Chairman, CEO & President
         
         INVESTOR CONTACT:
         
         David M. Gandossi, CA
         Executive VP, CFO & Secretary
         [phone]