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Press
Release Archives: 07/10/2003
Itronics
Earth Friendly GOLD'n GRO Liquid Fertilizer Sales Up
44 Percent In Second Quarter; June Sales Increase 129
Percent
RENO,
Nev., July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Itronics Inc.
(BULLETIN BOARD: ITRO) ( http://www.itronics.com ) today
reported that GOLD'n GRO fertilizer sales by its subsidiary,
Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., increased 129 percent
in June 2003 compared to the same month in 2002. GOLD'n
GRO fertilizer sales for the second quarter of 2003
are up 44 percent compared to the previous year.
"Strong
demand for our GOLD'n GRO chelated micronutrient products,
which are used in all specialty agricultural markets
including trees, vines and vegetables, is driving the
sales growth," said Dr. John Whitney, President
of Itronics. "We anticipate continued growth of
GOLD'n GRO fertilizer as new products are introduced
to the marketplace in the second half of this year."
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 is 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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