Media advisory - Abitibi-Consolidated to present at the 2005 Scotia Capital Materials Conference A (TSX) ABY (NYSE) MONTREAL, May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. (TSX: A, NYSE: ABY) Senior Vice-President, Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer Pierre Rougeau will present at the 2005 Scotia Capital Materials Conference in Toronto, Ontario (Canada) on Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 9:40 a.m. (Eastern). The presentation will be webcast live on Abitibi-Consolidated's web site, and interested parties are invited to listen by using the link provided on the Investor Relations page of the Company web site ( http://www.abitibiconsolidated.com/ ). A copy of the presentation, as well as the audio portion, will be archived on the web site. Abitibi-Consolidated is a global leader in newsprint and commercial printing papers as well as a major producer of wood products, serving 70 countries from more than 50 operating facilities on three continents. Committed to the sustainable forest management of more than 40 million acres through third-party certifications, the Company is also the world's largest recycler of newspapers and magazines, collecting and consuming the equivalent of more than five billion newspapers every year. DATASOURCE: ABITIBI-CONSOLIDATED INC. CONTACT: Lorne Gorber, Director, Investor Relations and Financial Communications, (514) 394-2360,

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