VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 09/05/08 -- Methanex Corporation (TSX: MX)(NASDAQ: MEOH)(SANTIAGO: Methanex) will be presenting at the upcoming Credit Suisse Chemical and Ag Science Conference being held September 16-18, 2008 in New York City. Mr. Bruce Aitken, Methanex's President and Chief Executive Officer, will speak to investors on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at approximately 3:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. PT).

Interested participants can access a live audio webcast of the presentation through the Company's website at http://www.methanex.com/investor/events.html. The webcast will last for approximately 40 minutes. In addition, an audio recording of the presentation can be downloaded from our website for three weeks after the conference.

Methanex is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded company engaged in the worldwide production, distribution and marketing of methanol. Methanex shares are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange in Canada under the trading symbol "MX", on the NASDAQ Global Market in the United States under the trading symbol "MEOH" and on the Foreign Securities Market of the Santiago Stock Exchange in Chile under the trading symbol "Methanex". Methanex can be visited online at www.methanex.com.