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Press
Release Archives: 08/05/2004
Itronics introduces environmentally friendly GOLD'n®
GRO liquid fertilizer injectors to the lawn and garden
market
-- Brings Specialty Agriculture Effectiveness to the
Homeowner --
RENO, Nevada, August 5, 2004 -- Itronics Inc. (OTC BB:
ITRO; Frankfurt and Berlin Stock Exchanges: ITG)
reported today that its subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., has launched an offering of GOLD'n
GRO liquid fertilizer injectors at the GOLD'n GRO web
page: http:// www.goldngro.com that will allow the
homeowner to utilize fertilizer more effectively and in
an environmentally superior manner.
"Our wholly owned subsidiary has been reviewing
fertilizer injector technology for several years and is
pleased to bring to the marketplace a unique line of
liquid fertilizer injectors for the Home Lawn and Garden
market", said Dr. John Whitney, Itronics President. "The
injector units do not require an electrical hook up, are
cost effective, and are easy to install and use. They
will be especially helpful for application of GOLD'n GRO
liquid fertilizers for the home owner who has lawn,
landscaping, and garden or orchard areas of 5,000 square
feet or larger."
Application of liquid fertilizer with irrigation water
is known as fertigation. This method of applying liquid
fertilizers has been used in the specialty agricultural
field for a number of years. Its use has been
increasing, not only because of labor savings in
fertilizer application, but also because of the improved
fertilizer efficiency and effectiveness that is
achieved. Itronics Metallurgical is pleased to be able
to offer similar technology to the homeowner.
Fertigation with liquid fertilizers has a number of
important benefits, which are also good for the
environment. When dry fertilizers are applied, they sit
on the ground until they are dissolved by irrigation
water or rain. Because of this, they are often washed
away into storm sewers, leached into ground waters, or
washed into streams, rivers, or lakes.
With fertigation, fertilizers are immediately available
to the plant in small "bite size" amounts so more than
90 percent of the nutrients can be absorbed by the
plants and are not left to run off or leach away. The
amount of fertilizer used can be reduced by up to 40
percent, and plants develop stronger root structures
that make plants more drought tolerant. It also reduces
the amount of water needed to keep them healthy.
Healthier plants are more able to fight disease and
insect infestation. Locations using fertigation have
reduced pesticide and herbicide use by up to 40 percent.
The GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers have a broad base of
nutrients and chelated trace elements, which not only
provide improved plant nutrition, but also help restore
soils and keep them healthy.
Communities and states throughout the United States have
been seeking methods of reducing fertilizer leaching
into ground water and run off into streams, rivers, and
lakes. In Florida, which has more than 800 golf courses,
fertigation has been adopted by a majority of the golf
courses as a method of improving the efficiency of
fertilizer usage and to reduce fertilizer run-off and
infiltration into ground water. Adoption of fertigation
in the home lawn and garden markets has the potential to
provide similar environmental benefits while improving
ease and efficiency of use and reducing fertilization
costs for the home owner.
Itronics News Continued………
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 use this
"Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver, and Water
Recycling" technology to convert the resulting liquids
into environmentally beneficial, chelated, multinutrient
liquid fertilizer products sold under the trademark
GOLD'n GRO, and 5 troy ounce, 0.999 pure, Silver Nevada
Miner numismatic bars. The environmentally friendly
GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers and fertilizer injectors
which can be used for lawns and houseplants, are
available at the Company's 'e-store' catalog at http://www.goldngro.com
and the popular Silver Nevada Miner bars are available
at the Company's 'e-store' catalog at http://www.itromet.com
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Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc. is Nevada's
leading "Beneficial Use Recycling" technology company
and a world leader in photochemical recycling. The
Company also 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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(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
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