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Press
Release Archives: 09/25/2003
Itronics
GOLD'n GRO GUARDIAN, A Deer and Rabbit Repellent and
Fertilizer Product for Professional Landscapers, Is
Approved for Use by The North American Deer Management
Network
RENO, Nev., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Itronics
Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: ITRO) reported today that its
subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., in association
with The North American Deer Management Network LLC,
has completed field testing its new deer and rabbit
repellent/fertilizer for use by professional landscape
maintenance companies. The product line, which is being
developed under the trademark GOLD'n GRO GUARDIAN, has
now been approved for use by the members of The North
American Management Network LLC in their landscape maintenance
programs.
The
damage done to crops and landscaping by deer and rabbits
is a multi- million dollar problem nationwide. The new
GOLD'n GRO GUARDIAN products will repel, but not harm,
the animals, and will significantly assist the growth
of the plants. In the north central and northeastern
United States these animals do millions of dollars worth
of damage each year to trees, shrubs, and ornamentals
at homes and commercial facilities, and this is rapidly
becoming an urban and suburban problem throughout the
nation.
Howland
S. Green, President of Holly Ridge Nursery Company (
http://www.hollyridgeonline.com/ ), West Kingston, Rhode
Island, the founding member of The North American Deer
Management Network ( http://www.deerproofing.com/ ),
and developer of Mir-Repel, a successful systemic deer
and rabbit repellent, is managing development of the
new product line.
"I
am pleased to announce that GOLD'n GRO GUARDIAN has
been released for use by The North American Deer Management
Network in the spring and summer 'Growing Season' landscape
protection program," said Mr. Green. "Extensive
use of this product over the last 5 months proves that
GOLD'n GRO GUARDIAN will be a very effective and integral
part of our professional management protocol. Application
Contractors in the states of Rhode Island, New York,
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Connecticut and Massachusetts
have completed successful trials and all report excellent
repellent and fertilization characteristics as well
as ease of use."
"Trial
results have been very successful, with the treated
plants maintaining their animal repellent characteristics
for 8 to 12 weeks," said Mr. Green. "The fertilization
response has also been excellent with the companies
that participated in the trials now beginning to use
the product in their on-going landscape maintenance
programs."
GOLD'n
GRO GUARDIAN is being provided in a combination package,
with the GOLD'n GRO fertilizer and the Mir-Repel in
separately labeled packages. Detailed mixing and application
instructions are included. This allows the professional
applicator to mix the product to the strength needed
to meet local conditions. "GOLD'n GRO GUARDIAN
will have a positive impact on our sales next year,"
said Dr. John Whitney, President of Itronics. "The
North American Deer Management Network has more than
100 members with some 12,000 customers who will be introduced
to GOLD'n GRO GUARDIAN and GOLD'n GRO products over
the next several months.
Holly
Ridge Nursery & Landscape Company ( http://www.hollyridgeonline.com/
), based in West Kingston, Rhode Island, is the founding
member of The North American Deer Management Network
( http://www.deerproofing.com/ ). This network is a
rapidly expanding consortium of more than 100 green
companies (nurseries, farms, landscape construction
companies) throughout the United States engaged in the
business of protecting crops and ornamental plantings
from costly deer and rabbit browse. With over 12,000
properties under management through its franchised members,
the organization serves a growing clientele of homeowners
and institutions that share this developing problem.
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, and animal
repellent/fertilizer products under the trademark GOLD'n
GRO GUARDIAN. 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/ .
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 and GOLD'n
GRO GUARDIAN animal repellent/fertilizer products, recovers,
refines, and sells silver, manufactures a line of photochemical
silver concentrators, 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.
VISIT
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.hollyridgeonline.com/
Web
site: http://www.deerproofing.com/
Web
site: http://www.itronics.com/
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