VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA—(Marketwire – April 19, 2012) – Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX)(NASDAQ:MEOH) will webcast its upcoming Annual General Meeting, including remarks by President and CEO, Bruce Aitken. The meeting will be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre East in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Thursday, April 26, 2012, at 11:00 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.

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