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Itronics
Reports Three More States Register GOLD'n GRO Guardian Deer Repellent;
Environmentally Green Product
RENO, NV--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 7, 2008 -- Itronics
Inc. (OTC BB:ITRO.OB - News) (Frankfurt:ITG.F - News) (Berlin:ITG.BE
- News) today reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Itronics
Metallurgical, Inc., has received GOLD'n GRO Guardian registration
in three more states, Alabama, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, bringing
the number of states in which GOLD'n GRO Guardian is registered
to ten. Registration is pending in New York.
Itronics Metallurgical received an amended
GOLD'n GRO Guardian Deer Repellent label which provides for use
in a spray tank mix with GOLD'n GRO 8-8-8+4% S liquid fertilizer.
When the GOLD'n GRO Guardian Deer Repellent is used with GOLD'n
GRO fertilizer in a spray tank mix, the treatment fertilizes the
plants and becomes systemic, meaning the repelling characteristics
are absorbed into the treated plants and will not wash off in rain.
In experimental treatments, the repelling characteristics lasted
up to 3 months and in late fall test applications, the treatment
lasted during the winter. The amended label makes it possible for
GOLD'n GRO Guardian customers to receive the dual benefit of fertilization
and systemic deer repellency.
Several shipments of one-gallon spray kits
have been made to qualified Landscape Maintenance businesses that
are licensed for spraying pesticides in states where GOLD'n GRO
Guardian Deer Repellent is registered. Reports from trials underway
indicate the spray applications work well. In one trial the leaves
of sprayed and unsprayed trees were tested about two weeks after
application and the leaves of the sprayed trees were appropriately
bitter. In another trial the customer reported satisfaction with
the first application and is purchasing more spray kits. In a third
trial, the customer reported no evidence of deer damage in the third
week after application and has ordered more spray kits to expand
its evaluation and testing program.
In one field trial the customer was able to
measure the area covered compared to the label recommendation, which
is to "spray the plants to wet the leaves, but not to run off."
After some practice, the spray covered about three times the area
stated on the label. About two weeks after the application the leaves
of sprayed plants were suitably bitter and distasteful to humans.
No deer damage was noted, but the trial plots need to be observed
for two to three months to complete the evaluation. If test results
prove out, the effectiveness of GOLD'n GRO Guardian will be several
times greater than the leading deer repellent.
Itronics Metallurgical also announced it is
offering a 20-gallon spray kit as well as a one-gallon spray kit.
The current focus of sales development is to establish relationships
with Landscape Maintenance companies that have licensed spray application
capabilities and experience, and are in those states in which the
GOLD'n GRO Guardian Deer Repellent is registered. These companies
will be able to quickly get customer applications started once they
have evaluated the GOLD'n GRO Guardian Deer Repellent. Itronics
Metallurgical has now completed registration of GOLD'n GRO Guardian
Deer Repellent in Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Alabama, Delaware, Maryland,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. The northeastern
states are where the problem of deer damage in suburban areas is
most severe.
"Itronics' on-going growth is a result
of years of research and development that has made its innovative
vertically integrated photochemical recycling technology that completely
converts the waste stream to pure silver, and its high quality GOLD'n
GRO brand of environmentally compatible fertilizers a success. GOLD'n
GRO Guardian Deer Repellent is a direct extension of the GOLD'n
GRO technology and opens up a large new, rapidly growing, market
segment for the Company," said Dr. John Whitney, President.
About Itronics
Headquartered in Reno, Nevada, Itronics Inc.
is a "Creative Clean Technology" company. Itronics, through
its subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., is the only company
with a fully permitted "Beneficial Use Photochemical, Silver,
and Water Recycling" plant in the United States that converts
used photoliquids into pure silver and GOLD'n GRO liquid fertilizers.
The Company also provides environmentally compatible mining technology
development, project planning, and technical services to the gold
mining industry and operates the popular InsideMetals.com web site,
http://www.insidemetals.com which provides a value-added WORLD VIEW
of Gold Producer Stocks, Mineral Producer Stocks, Junior Gold Stocks,
and Junior Mineral Stocks. Itronics has received numerous domestic
and international awards that recognize its ability to successfully
create and implement new environmentally clean recycling and fertilizer
technologies.
The Company's environmentally friendly GOLD'n
GRO liquid fertilizers, which are extensively used in agriculture,
can be used for lawns and houseplants, and are available, along
with liquid fertilizer injectors, at the Company's "e-store"
catalog at http://goldngro.com. The popular Silver Nevada Miner
bars are available at the Company's "e-store" catalog
at http://www.itromet.com.
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