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Press
Release Archives: 05/06/2003
Itronics
GOLD'n GRO Liquid Fertilizer Sales Up 51 Percent in
April, 12 Percent for First Four Months of 2003
RENO,
Nev., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Itronics Inc.
(BULLETIN BOARD: ITRO) reported today that GOLD'n GRO
liquid fertilizer sales by its subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., increased 51 percent in April 2003
compared to the same month in 2002. GOLD'n GRO fertilizer
sales for the first four months of 2003 are up 12 percent
compared to 2002.
"Strong
demand for the GOLD'n GRO chelated micronutrient products
is driving sales growth," said Dr. John Whitney,
Itronics President. "Beginning in the second quarter
Itronics Metallurgical is introducing a base liquid
product for licensed distributor use in proprietary
field blends and two additional chelated micronutrient
products. The strong GOLD'n GRO sales growth is expected
to continue as these new products contribute to expanding
sales later in the year. We are very pleased with the
way the Company is now positioned for future growth."
Itronics,
through its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc.,
is the only company in the world with the technology
to extract more than 99 percent of the silver and virtually
all the other toxic heavy metals from used photoliquids
and to convert the resulting liquid into environmentally
beneficial, chelated, multinutrient liquid fertilizer
products sold under the trademark GOLD'n GRO. These
earth friendly liquid fertilizers, which can be used
for lawns and houseplants, and the popular Silver Nevada
Miner bars, a souvenir of the Silver State, are available
at the Company's Web site: http://www.itronics.com/
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Itronics
Inc. is one of Nevada's leading process technology companies
and a world leader in photochemical recycling. Headquartered
in Reno, Nevada, it recycles spent liquid photochemicals
into liquid GOLD'n GRO fertilizer products, recovers,
refines, and sells silver, and provides project planning
and technical services to the mining industry. Dr. John
Whitney, Itronics President, was selected as Nevada's
Inventor of the Year for 2000 and has become a member
of the Inventor's Hall of Fame at the University of
Nevada, Reno. Itronics was one of five finalists for
the 2001 Kirkpatrick Chemical Engineering Award, the
most prestigious worldwide award in chemical engineering
technologies.
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OUR WEB SITE: http://www.itronics.com/
(Statements
in this press release may constitute forward-looking
statements and are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties,
including the failure to complete successfully the development
of new or enhanced products, the Company's future capital
needs, the lack of market demand for any new or enhanced
products the Company may develop, any actions by the
Company's partners that may be adverse to the Company,
the success of competitive products, other economic
factors affecting the Company and its markets, and other
risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The actual
results may differ materially from those contained in
this press release. The Company disclaims any obligation
to update any statements in this press release.)
CONTACT:
Paul Knopick, +1-888-795-6336, for Itronics Inc.
Web
site: http://www.itronics.com/
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