VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA—(Marketwire – April 29, 2008) – Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX)(NASDAQ:MEOH)(SANTIAGO:Methanex) will webcast its upcoming Annual General Meeting, including remarks by President and CEO, Bruce Aitken. The meeting will be held at the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. PT.

Remarks will include a review of Methanex’s results and performance over the past year, a discussion of the outlook for the Company and the methanol industry, and commentary on strategy and future initiatives.

There will be a live listen-only teleconference of the meeting. To access the call, dial the conferencing operator 10 minutes prior to the start of the call at (416) 406-6419, or toll free at (888) 575 8232. A playback version of the conference call will be available for seven days at (416) 695-5800, or toll free at (800) 408-3053. The reservation number for the playback version is 3255193. There will be a simultaneous audio-only webcast of the meeting, which can be accessed from our website at http://www.methanex.com/investor/events.html. A downloadable recording of the meeting will be available on our website for three weeks following the conclusion of the meeting.

Methanex is a Vancouver-based, publicly traded company and is the world’s largest supplier of methanol to major international markets. 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.
Jason Chesko
Director, Investor Relations
Methanex Corporation
604 661 2600
Website: www.methanex.com