VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA—(Marketwire – June 2, 2009) – Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX)(NASDAQ:MEOH)(SANTIAGO:Methanex) will be presenting at the upcoming RBC Capital Markets Global Mining and Materials Conference being held in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Ian Cameron, Methanex’s Senior Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, will speak to investors on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at approximately 10:30 a.m. ET (7:30 a.m. PT).

Interested participants can access a live audio webcast of the presentation through the Company’s website at www.methanex.com/investor/events.html. The length of the webcast will be approximately 25 minutes. The webcast will be available on our website for three weeks following the conference.

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 or Toll Free: 1 800 661 8851
www.methanex.com